Mastodonsauroidea

{{Short description|Extinct superfamily of amphibians}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Mastodonsauroids | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|251.0|201.4}} [[Early Triassic]] - [[Middle Jurassic]] | image = Paracyclotosaurus1DB.jpg | image_caption = Restoration of ''[[Paracyclotosaurus]]'' | taxon = Mastodonsauroidea | authority = [[Richard Lydekker|Lydekker]], 1885 | subdivision_ranks = Subgroups | subdivision = *{{extinct}}''[[Antarctosuchus]]'' *{{extinct}}[[Stenotosauridae]] *{{extinct}}[[Heylerosauridae]] *{{extinct}}[[Mastodonsauridae]] | synonyms = * Capitosauroidea <br><small>Watson, 1919</small> }}

The '''Mastodonsauroidea''' are an [[extinct]] [[superfamily (zoology)|superfamily]] of [[Temnospondyli|temnospondyl]] [[amphibians]] known from the [[Triassic]]. [[Fossil]]s belonging to this superfamily have been found in [[North America]], [[Greenland]], [[Europe]], [[Asia]], and [[Australia]]. ''[[Ferganobatrachus]]'' from the [[Jurassic]] of Asia was initially assigned to this superfamily, but is now considered to be congeneric with the [[Brachyopidae|brachyopid]] ''[[Gobiops]]''.<ref name="MM05">{{cite journal |last1=Maisch |first1=Michael |last2=Matzke |first2=Andreas |year=2005 |title=Temnospondyl amphibians from the Jurassic of the Southern Junggar Basin (NW China) |journal=[[Paläontologische Zeitschrift]] |publisher=Springer-Verlag |volume=79 |issue=2 |pages=285–301 |doi=10.1007/BF02990189 |issn=0031-0220}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} *[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37085 The Paleobiology Database] *{{aut|Moser, Markus}}& {{aut|Schoch, Rainer}} 2007 "Revision of the type material and nomenclature of ''Mastodonsaurus giganteus'' (Jaeger) (Temnospondyli) from the middle Triassic of Germany" ''Palaeontology'' '''50'''5:1245-1266

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[[Category:Vertebrate superfamilies]] [[Category:Triassic temnospondyls]] [[Category:Jurassic temnospondyls]] [[Category:Early Triassic first appearances]] [[Category:Middle Jurassic extinctions]] [[Category:Capitosauria]]