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Definition of Mastodonsaurus

Mastodonsaurus
Mastodonsaurus Mas`to*don*sau"rus, n. [NL., fr. E. Mastodon + Gr. ? a lizard.] (Paleon.) A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the European Triassic rocks.

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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...
- 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...
- (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...
- the Cretaceous Period. The largest Tri****ic stereospondyls, such as Mastodonsaurus, were up to 4 to 6 metres (13 to 20 ft) in length. Some lineages (e...
- some grew to very large sizes. At 6 meters in length, the Mid-Tri****ic Mastodonsaurus giganteus is not only thought to have been the largest capitosaur, but...
- some length estimates ranging from 3 to 6 meters. Some genera, like Mastodonsaurus and Cyclotosaurus were specially large, reaching at least 4 meters or...
- Mahars who are lighter in build than a gorilla. Inostrancevia (Lato) Mastodonsaurus (In the movie, A fire-breathing Amphibian) Megacerops (identified by...
- 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...
- their body size rebounded to pre-PTME levels during the Olenekian. Mastodonsaurus and trematosaurians were the main aquatic and semiaquatic predators...
- Chirotherium Sandstone, and the Temnospondyle Mastodonsaurus ingens (possibly identical with the mastodonsaurus, Heptasaurus cappelensis) from the Upper Bunter...