Heptasaurus
Extinct genus of temnospondyls
Heptasaurus Temporal range: Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Underside of the skull of Heptasaurus cappelensis | |
Scientific 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]) |
Heptasaurus is an extinct genus of Triassic capitosaurian temnospondyl within the family Mastodonsauridae.[1][2]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Heptasaurus in the Paleobiology Database
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- See also: Trematosauroidea
- Metoposauroidea
- Rhytidosteoidea
- Brachyopomorpha
- Brachyopoidea
- Plagiosauroidea
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