Heptasaurus
Heptasaurus is an extinct genus of Triassic capitosaurian temnospondyl amphibian within the family Mastodonsauridae.[1][2]
| Heptasaurus Temporal range: Triassic | |
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| Underside of the skull of Heptasaurus cappelensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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]) | |
Fossil
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. 278. Stuttgart: Staatl. Museum für Naturkunde. OCLC 247114091.
- Heptasaurus in the Paleobiology Database
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