Promastodonsaurus

Promastodonsaurus ("before Mastodonsaurus") is an extinct genus of capitosauroid temnospondyls within the family Mastodonsauridae.[1] Fossils of the genus were found in the Ischigualasto Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina.[2]

Promastodonsaurus
Temporal range: Carnian
~231.7–225 Ma
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Promastodonsaurus

Type species
Promastodonsaurus bellmani
Bonaparte 1963

References

  1. Bonaparte, J.F (1963). "Promastodonsaurus bellmanni n. gen. et n. sp., capitosa urido del Triasico medio de Argentina (Stereospondyli, Capitosauroidea)". Ameghiniana. 3: 67–78.
  2. Martínez et al., 2013

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