Heptasaurus

Heptasaurus
Temporal range: Triassic
Underside of the skull of Heptasaurus cappelensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Stereospondyli
Clade: †Capitosauria
Family: †Mastodonsauridae
Genus: †Heptasaurus
Säve-Söderbergh, 1935
Type species
†Heptasaurus cappelensis
(Wepfer [de], 1923 [originally Mastodonsaurus cappelensis])
Fossil

Heptasaurus is an extinct genus of Triassic capitosaurian temnospondyl within the family Mastodonsauridae.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Schoch, Rainer R. (1999). Comparative osteology of Mastodonsaurus giantess (Jaeger, 1828) from the Middle Triassic (Lettenkeuper: Longobardian) of Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Thüringen) (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B. Vol. 278. Stuttgart: Staatl. Museum für Naturkunde. OCLC 247114091. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  2. ^ Heptasaurus in the Paleobiology Database


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