Mastodonsauroidea Explained

The Mastodonsauroidea are an extinct superfamily of temnospondyl amphibians known from the Triassic. Fossils 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 brachyopid Gobiops.^[1]

References

• The Paleobiology Database
• & 2007 "Revision of the type material and nomenclature of Mastodonsaurus giganteus (Jaeger) (Temnospondyli) from the middle Triassic of Germany" Palaeontology 505:1245-1266

Notes and References

1. Maisch . Michael . Matzke . Andreas . 2005 . Temnospondyl amphibians from the Jurassic of the Southern Junggar Basin (NW China) . . Springer-Verlag . 79 . 2 . 285–301 . 10.1007/BF02990189 . 0031-0220.