Heptasaurus

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Heptasaurus
Temporal range: Triassic
Heptasaurus kappelensis.jpg
Underside of the skull of Heptasaurus cappelensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Clade: Capitosauria
Family: Mastodonsauridae
Genus: Heptasaurus
Säve-Söderbergh, 1935
Type species
Heptasaurus cappelensis
(Wepfer, 1923 [originally Mastodonsaurus cappelensis])
Fossil Heptasaurus kappelensis Tubingen.JPG
Fossil

Heptasaurus is an extinct genus of Triassic capitosaurian temnospondyl within the family Mastodonsauridae. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. Heptasaurus in the Paleobiology Database