| Mahavisaurus Temporal range: Early Triassic,   | |
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|  Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Order: | † Temnospondyli | 
| Suborder: | † Stereospondyli | 
| Family: | † Rhytidosteidae | 
| Genus: | † Mahavisaurus  Lehman, 1966  | 
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Mahavisaurus is an extinct genus of rhytidosteid temnospondyl from the early Triassic period (Induan stage) of Iraro, Madagascar. It is known from the holotype MNHN MAE 3037, a nearly complete skull, recovered from the Middle Sakamena Formation. This genus was named by J. P. Lehman in 1966, and the type species is Mahavisaurus dentatus. [1]