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Mentosaurus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Mentosaurus was named by Röpke (1930). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Capitosauridae by Kuhn (1971); to Mastodonsauridae by Lucas and Heckert (2000); and to Mastodonsauroidea by Damiani (2001).

Species
M. waltheri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Mentosaurus Röpke
1971Mentosaurus Kuhn p. 7
2000Mentosaurus Lucas and Heckert
2001Mentosaurus Damiani

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
genusMentosaurusRöpke 1930

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Mentosaurus Röpke 1930
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†Mentosaurus waltheri Röpke 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available