Promastodonsaurus

Promastodonsaurus; Temporal range: Carnian; ~231.7–225 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific 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]

References

^ Bonaparte, J.F (1963). "Promastodonsaurus bellmanni n. gen. et n. sp., capitosa urido del Triasico medio de Argentina (Stereospondyli, Capitosauroidea)". Ameghiniana. 3: 67–78.
^ Martínez et al., 2013

Martínez, Ricardo N.; Apaldetti, Cecilia; Alcober, Oscar A.; Colombi, Carina E.; Sereno, Paul C.; Fernández, Eliana; Santi Malnis, Paula; Correa, Gustavo A.; Abelin, Diego (2013), "Vertebrate succession in the Ischigualasto Formation", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir 12: Basal sauropodomorphs and the vertebrate fossil record of the Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic: Carnian-Norian) of Argentina: 10–30, retrieved 2019-03-29

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