Promastodonsaurus

Promastodonsaurus
Temporal range: Carnian
~231.7–225 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
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]

  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.
  2. ^ Martínez et al., 2013