Stenotosaurus

Stenotosaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Anisian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Restoration of Stenotosaurus stantonensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Clade:	†Capitosauria
Family:	†Stenotosauridae
Genus:	†Stenotosaurus Romer, 1947
Species
†S. semiclausus Romer, 1947 (type) †S. gracilis Kamphausen, 1983 †S. stantonensis Kamphausen, 1983

Stenotosaurus is an extinct genus of capitosaurian temnospondyl within the family Mastodonsauridae. It is known from three species, all of which lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic. Fossils have been found in England and Germany.^[1]

References

↑ Damiani, R. J. (2001). "A systematic revision and phylogenetic analysis of Triassic mastodonsauroids (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyli)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133 (4): 379–482. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb00635.x.

Capitosaurians

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Temnospondyli (unranked): Limnarchia (unranked): Stereospondylomorpha Suborder: Stereospondyli

Major groups	Mastodonsauroidea Mastodonsauridae Heylerosauridae Stenotosauridae

Genera	Antarctosuchus Calmasuchus Cherninia Cyclotosaurus Edingerella Eocyclotosaurus Eryosuchus Ferganobatrachus Heptasaurus Jammerbergia Kestrosaurus Mastodonsaurus Meyerosuchus Odenwaldia Paracyclotosaurus Parotosuchus Procyclotosaurus Promastodonsaurus Quasicyclotosaurus Sclerothorax Stanocephalosaurus Stenotosaurus Subcyclotosaurus Tatrasaurus Vladlenosaurus Warrenisuchus Watsonisuchus Wellesaurus Wetlugasaurus Xenotosuchus Yuanansuchus

Related categories	Temnospondyls Triassic amphibians

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