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    head called sulci show that Mastodonsaurus was an aquatic animal that rarely, if ever, ventured on land. Mastodonsaurus may have been completely unable...
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    temnospondyl was Mastodonsaurus, named by Georg Friedrich Jaeger in 1828 from a single tooth that he considered to belong to a reptile. Mastodonsaurus means "breast...
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    (Andrias sligoi), but this is dwarfed by prehistoric temnospondyls such as Mastodonsaurus which could reach up to 6 m (20 ft) in length. The study of amphibians...
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    some length estimates ranging from 3 to 6 meters. Some genera, like Mastodonsaurus and Cyclotosaurus were specially large, reaching at least 4 meters or...
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    the Cretaceous Period. The largest Triassic stereospondyls, such as Mastodonsaurus, were up to 4 to 6 metres (13 to 20 ft) in length. Some lineages (e...
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    some grew to very large sizes. At 6 meters in length, the Mid-Triassic Mastodonsaurus giganteus is not only thought to have been the largest capitosaur, but...
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  • Mahars who are lighter in build than a gorilla. Inostrancevia (Lato) Mastodonsaurus (In the movie, A fire-breathing Amphibian) Megacerops (identified by...
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    Capitosaurs (such as this Mastodonsaurus) were among the major amphibian groups which became extinct at the T–J boundary, though many may have died out...
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    Chirotherium Sandstone, and the Temnospondyle Mastodonsaurus ingens (possibly identical with the mastodonsaurus, Heptasaurus cappelensis) from the Upper Bunter...
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  • Chakravorti & Sengupta (2024). A study on the ontogenetic changes in Mastodonsaurus giganteus is published by Schoch et al. (2024). Evidence from the study...
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    their body size rebounded to pre-PTME levels during the Olenekian. Mastodonsaurus and trematosaurians were the main aquatic and semiaquatic predators...
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    (cutting, slicing), which refers to its preying on the large amphibian Mastodonsaurus. In contrast with sprawling reptiles, like crocodiles, this large carnivore...
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  • period. Cyclotosaurus buechneri C. robustus Hyperokynodon keuperinus Mastodonsaurus andriani Metoposaurus diagnosticus Gerrothorax sp. Kannemeyeriiformes...
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  • part of the Ladinian?-age "Mastodonsaurus fauna", a section of Russian Triassic biostratigraphy characterized by "Mastodonsaurus" torvus. It was also present...
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    skinned and is based on the species "Labyrinthodon salamandroides" (Mastodonsaurus jaegeri); the other two were based on "Labyrinthodon pachygnathus" (Cyclotosaurus...
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  • belonging to very late age categories. New information on the anatomy of Mastodonsaurus cappelensis is presented by Schoch et al. (2023), who report the presence...
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    Triassic sandstone, which is of particular interest for fossils of Mastodonsaurus. The chapel, used for Masonic ceremonies, has a large statue depicting...
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  • Macropelobates Mactrerpeton Mahavisaurus Manubrantlia Marmorerpeton Mastodonsaurus Mastodontosaurus Megamolgophis Megalotriton Megamolgophis Melanerpeton...
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  • known only from its skull. The artist has reconstructed the body based on Paracyclotosaurus and Mastodonsaurus, both known from almost complete specimen....
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    called the "Bukobay Horizon" or "Mastodonsaurus" fauna). Notable components of the Bukobay fauna include "Mastodonsaurus" torvus (a giant capitosaur amphibian)...
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    largest amphibian ever known to have lived besides Prionosuchus and Mastodonsaurus. Brachyopids were the only group of temnospondyls to survive into the...
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    which grew to lengths of 9 m (30 ft). Another huge temnospondyl was Mastodonsaurus giganteus at 6 m (20 ft) long. Unnamed species of temnospondyl from...
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    vertebral anatomy of the best known stereospondyls of the time, such as Mastodonsaurus and Metoposaurus. The term 'stereospondylous' as a descriptor of vertebral...
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    Schoch, Rainer 2007 "Revision of the type material and nomenclature of Mastodonsaurus giganteus (Jaeger) (Temnospondyli) from the middle Triassic of Germany"...
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    Eocyclotosaurus Eryosuchus Heptasaurus Jammerbergia Kestrosaurus Kupferzellia Mastodonsaurus Meyerosuchus Odenwaldia Paracyclotosaurus Parotosuchus Quasicyclotosaurus...
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  • is absent from China. One particularly contradictory index fossil is Mastodonsaurus, the defining index fossil of the Berdyankian LVF. Fossils referable...
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    Late Triassic (Norian). The Eupelor type species, E. durus, was named Mastodonsaurus durus by Edward Drinker Cope in 1866 on the basis of AMNH 3927, a number...
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    teeth on the vomer and palatine bone. Contrary to related forms like Mastodonsaurus, the tusks of the lower jaw were of moderate size and did not penetrate...
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    erected the genus Cyclotosaurus in 1889, with C. robustus (previously Mastodonsaurus robustus) as the type species. Several species are known, mainly from...
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    Eocyclotosaurus Eryosuchus Heptasaurus Jammerbergia Kestrosaurus Kupferzellia Mastodonsaurus Meyerosuchus Odenwaldia Paracyclotosaurus Parotosuchus Quasicyclotosaurus...
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