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Heptasaurus

Heptasaurus is an extinct genus of Triassic capitosaurian temnospondyl within the family Mastodonsauridae.

Last revised
Jun 9, 2026
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Length
105 w
Citations
2
Source
Heptasaurus
Temporal range:
Underside of the skull of Heptasaurus cappelensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapoda
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Clade: Capitosauria
Family: Mastodonsauridae
Genus: Heptasaurus
Säve-Söderbergh, 1935
Type species
Heptasaurus cappelensis
(Wepfer, 1923 [originally Mastodonsaurus cappelensis])
Fossil source ↗

Heptasaurus is an extinct genus of Triassic capitosaurian temnospondyl within the family Mastodonsauridae.12

References

References

  1. 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. Vol. 278. Stuttgart: Staatl. Museum für Naturkunde. OCLC 247114091. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  2. Heptasaurus in the Paleobiology Database