Promastodonsaurus

Promastodonsaurus; Temporal range: Carnian; ~231.7–225 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Clade:	†Capitosauria
Family:	†Mastodonsauridae
Genus:	†Promastodonsaurus; Bonaparte 1963
Type species
	†Promastodonsaurus bellmani; Bonaparte 1963

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]

References[]

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

Bibliography[]

Martínez, Ricardo N.; Cecilia Apaldetti; Oscar A. Alcober; Carina E. Colombi; Paul C. Sereno; Eliana Fernández; Paula Santi Malnis; Gustavo A. Correa, and Diego Abelin. 2013. Vertebrate succession in the Ischigualasto Formation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 12: Basal sauropodomorphs and the vertebrate fossil record of the Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic: Carnian-Norian) of Argentina. 10–30.

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[BJF63-1] Bonaparte, J.F (1963). "Promastodonsaurus bellmanni n. gen. et n. sp., capitosa urido del Triasico medio de Argentina (Stereospondyli, Capitosauroidea)". Ameghiniana. 3: 67–78.

[Martinez2013-2] Martínez et al., 2013

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