# Capitosaurus

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Genus of amphibians (fossil)

Capitosaurus Temporal range: Upper Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Capitosaurus polaris skull Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Tetrapoda Order: †Temnospondyli Family: †Capitosauridae Genus: †Capitosaurus Münster, 1836 Type species †Capitosaurus arenaceus Münster, 1836

***Capitosaurus*** is an extinct [genus](/source/Genus) of [temnospondyl](/source/Temnospondyl) from the [Late Triassic](/source/Late_Triassic) of Germany. Its [skull](/source/Skull) was 30 cm long, with a total length over 122 cm.[1] It was one of the first temnospondyl genera to have been erected, with the [type species](/source/Type_species), *C. arenaceus*, originally described by [Münster](/source/Georg_zu_M%C3%BCnster) in 1836 based on a partial skull from the earliest Upper Triassic of Bavaria, Germany. Numerous other [species](/source/Species) were referred to *Capitosaurus* before the 1920s, but through much of the 20th century most authors considered the original specimen of *C. arenaceus* to be undiagnostic, effectively invalidating the genus and leading to the referral of all species but the type to other genera. However, Rainer Schoch had suggested in his 2008 revision of the [Capitosauria](/source/Capitosauria) that *C. arenaceus* may be a valid taxon, likely closely related to *[Cyclotosaurus](/source/Cyclotosaurus)* and *[Kupferzellia](/source/Kupferzellia)*.[2]

Restoration of *Capitosaurus*

## References

- [Paleontology portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Paleontology)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Amphibians"](http://www.angellis.net/Web/PDfiles/amphs.pdf) (PDF).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Schoch2008_2-0)** Schoch, R.R. (2008). ["The Capitosauria (Amphibia): characters, phylogeny, and stratigraphy"](http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/01/Palaeodiversity_1_13_189-226.pdf) (PDF). *Palaeodiversity*. **1**: 189–226.

v t e Stereospondyli Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Tetrapodomorpha Order: Temnospondyli Tetrapodomorpha see Tetrapodomorpha Temnospondyli see Temnospondyli Stereospondyli see below↓ Stereospondyli Stereospondyli Arachana Capulomala Peltobatrachus Lapillopsidae Lapillopsis Manubrantlia Rhigerpeton Rotaurisaurus Rhinesuchidae Australerpeton? Broomistega Laccosaurus Parapytanga? Rastosuchus Rhineceps Rhinesuchoides Rhinesuchus Uranocentrodon Lydekkerinidae Chomatobatrachus Cryobatrachus Deltacephalus Eolydekkerina Indobenthosuchus Luzocephalus? Lydekkerina Capitosauria Antarctosuchus Bukobaja Calmasuchus Capitosaurus Cherninia Cyclotosaurus Edingerella Eocyclotosaurus Eryosuchus Heptasaurus Huangfuchuansuchus Jammerbergia Kestrosaurus Kupferzellia Mastodonsaurus Meyerosuchus Odenwaldia Paracyclotosaurus Parotosuchus Quasicyclotosaurus Procyclotosaurus Promastodonsaurus Rhadalognathus Samarabatrachus Sassenisaurus Sclerothorax Selenocara Stanocephalosaurus Stenotosaurus Subcyclotosaurus Tatrasuchus Vladlenosaurus Volgasaurus Volgasuchus Warrenisuchus Watsonisuchus Wellesaurus Wetlugasaurus Xenotosuchus Yuanansuchus Trematosauria see below↓ Trematosauria Trematosauria Almasaurus Bothriceps Callistomordax Chinlestegophis Keratobrachyops Laidleria Latiscopus Qantas Rileymillerus Syrtosuchus Uruyiella Benthosuchidae Benthosuchus Kwatisuchus Trematosauridae Angusaurus Aphaneramma Cosgriffius Erythrobatrachus Gonioglyptus Hyperokynodon Icanosaurus Indolyrocephalus Inflectosaurus Lyrocephaliscus Microposaurus Panchetosaurus Platystega Prothoosuchus Stoschiosaurus Tertrema Tertremoides Thoosuchus Tirraturhinus Trematolestes Trematosuchoides Trematosaurus Trematosuchus Trematotegmen Wantzosaurus Metoposauridae Anaschisma Apachesaurus Arganasaurus Buettnererpeton Dutuitosaurus Metoposaurus Panthasaurus Rhytidosteidae Boreopelta Mahavisaurus Nanolania Peltostega Pneumatostega Rhytidosteus Sangaia Trucheosaurus Derwentiinae Arcadia Acerastia Deltasaurus Derwentia Indobrachyops Rewana Chigutisauridae Arenaerpeton Chigutisaurus Compsocerops Koolasuchus Pelorocephalus Siderops Brachyopidae Banksiops Bathignathus Batrachosaurus Batrachosuchoides Batrachosuchus Blinasaurus Brachyops Gobiops Hadrokkosaurus Notobrachyops Platycepsion Sinobrachyops Vanastega Vigilius Xenobrachyops Plagiosauridae Gerrothorax Megalophthalma Plagiobatrachus Plagiorophus Plagiosaurus Plagioscutum Plagiosternum Plagiosuchus See also: Trematosauroidea Metoposauroidea Rhytidosteoidea Brachyopomorpha Brachyopoidea Plagiosauroidea Category

Taxon identifiers Capitosaurus Wikidata: Q3825368 GBIF: 4815935 IRMNG: 1295427 Paleobiology Database: 97013

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