Biology:Mastodonsauroidea
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Short description: Extinct superfamily of amphibians
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Clade: | †Capitosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Mastodonsauroidea Lydekker, 1885 |
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The Mastodonsauroidea are an extinct superfamily of temnospondyl amphibians known from the Triassic. Fossils belonging to this superfamily have been found in North America, Greenland, Europe, Asia, and Australia . Ferganobatrachus from the Jurassic of Asia was initially assigned to this superfamily, but is now considered to be congeneric with the brachyopid Gobiops.[1]
References
- ↑ Maisch, Michael; Matzke, Andreas (2005). "Temnospondyl amphibians from the Jurassic of the Southern Junggar Basin (NW China)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift (Springer-Verlag) 79 (2): 285–301. doi:10.1007/BF02990189. ISSN 0031-0220.
- The Paleobiology Database
- Moser, Markus& Schoch, Rainer 2007 "Revision of the type material and nomenclature of Mastodonsaurus giganteus (Jaeger) (Temnospondyli) from the middle Triassic of Germany" Palaeontology 505:1245-1266
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q138218 entry
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