Mentosaurus

Mentosaurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Genus:	† Mentosaurus ; Röpke, 1930
Type species
	†Mentosaurus waltheri; Röpke, 1930

Last updated March 31, 2025

Mentosaurus is an extinct genus of temnospondyls.^[1]^[2] It lived around 247-242 million years ago.

M. waltheri was identified in Germany in 1930 by Walter Karl Johann Roepke.^[3]

References

↑ Meddelelser Om Grønland. C.A. Reitzel. 1935. p. 81.
↑ Memoir. The Society. 1934. pp. 362–364.
↑ DAMIANI, ROSS J. (December 2001). "A systematic revision and phylogenetic analysis of Triassic mastodonsauroids (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyli)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 133 (4): 475. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb00635.x. ISSN 0024-4082.

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[1] Meddelelser Om Grønland. C.A. Reitzel. 1935. p. 81.

[2] Memoir. The Society. 1934. pp. 362–364.

[3] DAMIANI, ROSS J. (December 2001). "A systematic revision and phylogenetic analysis of Triassic mastodonsauroids (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyli)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 133 (4): 475. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb00635.x. ISSN 0024-4082.

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