Mahavisaurus

Mahavisaurus; Temporal range: Early Triassic, Induan PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Family:	†Rhytidosteidae
Genus:	†Mahavisaurus; Lehman, 1966
Species
	M. dentatus Lehman, 1966 (type);

Mahavisaurus is an extinct genus of rhytidosteid temnospondyl from the early Triassic period (Induan stage) of Iraro, Madagascar. It is known from the holotype MNHN MAE 3037, a nearly complete skull, recovered from the Middle Sakamena Formation. This genus was named by J. P. Lehman in 1966, and the type species is Mahavisaurus dentatus.^[1]