Heptasaurus Temporal range: | |
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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 , 1923 [originally Mastodonsaurus cappelensis]) |
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