Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Mastodonsauridae : Mastodonsaurus : Mastodonsaurus cappelensis |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Mastodonsaurus : Mastodonsaurus cappelensis |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Mastodonsaurus |
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Scientific Name | Mastodonsaurus cappelensis (Wepfer, 1923) |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Mastodonsaurus cappelensis | species | belongs to Mastodonsaurus | stated with evidence | Wepfer, 1923 | Mastodonsaurus cappelensis | species | belongs to Parotosaurus | stated with evidence | Kuhn, 1971 | Mastodonsaurus cappelensis | species | belongs to Heptasaurus | stated with evidence | Schoch, 1999 | Mastodonsaurus cappelensis | species | belongs to Mastodonsaurus | stated with evidence | Damiani, 2001 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic |
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Environment | brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Temnospondyli) |
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Diet | piscivore (based on Mastodonsaurus) |
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Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. R. Schoch. 1999. Comparative osteology of Mastodonsaurus giganteus (Jaeger, 1828) from the Middle Triassic (Lettenkeuper: Longobardian) of Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Thüringen). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 278:1-170 |
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Schoch R. R. (1999) Comparative osteology of Mastodonsaurus giganteus (Jaeger, 1828) from the Middle Triassic (Lettenkeuper: Longobardian) of Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Thüringen), Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 278, 1-170 |
Kuhn O. (1971) , Die Saurier der deutschen Trias [Reptiles of the German Triassic], 1-105 |
Damiani R. J. (2001) A systematic revision and phylogenetic analysis of Triassic mastodonsauroids (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyli), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133 4, 379-482 doi:10.1006/zjls.2001.0304 |