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Mastodonsauridae
| Description | Mastodonsauridae is a family of capitosauroid temnospondyls. Fossils belonging to this family have been found in North America, Greenland, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The family Capitosauridae (also known as Cyclotosauridae and Stenotosauridae) is synonymous with Mastodonsauridae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodonsauridae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Mastodonsauridae | |||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||
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| Scientific Name | Mastodonsauridae | |||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodonsauridae |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Archotosaurus ✝genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Bulgosuchus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cherninia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eocyclotosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Jammerbergia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kestrosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Komatosuchus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mastodonsaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 28 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Promastodonsaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Stenotosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Subcyclotosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Tatrasuchus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Wellesaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Wetlugasaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 25 | 252 Ma Permian | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Xenotosuchus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
References
| Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
