Stenotosauridae is an extinct

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

of mastodonsauroid

temnospondyl Temnospondyli (from Greek language, Greek τέμνειν, ''temnein'' 'to cut' and σπόνδυλος, ''spondylos'' 'vertebra') is a diverse order (biology), order of small to giant tetrapods—often considered Labyrinthodontia, primitive amphi ...

s. It has included genera such as ''

Stenotosaurus ''Stenotosaurus'' is an extinct genus of capitosaurian temnospondyl within the family Stenotosauridae. It is known from three species, all of which lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic In the geologic timescale, the Middle Tr ...

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Wellesaurus ''Wellesaurus'' is an extinct genus of mastodonsauroid temnospondyl. They were amphibious carnivores that lived in freshwater environments. ''Wellesaurus'' encompasses several species which were connected when the genus was named in 1971. The ...

'', and ''

Procyclotosaurus ''Procyclotosaurus'' is an extinct genus of stenotosaurid capitosaurian temnospondyl. The type species is ''P. stantonensis''. In 1904, English paleontologist Arthur Smith Woodward described it as a species of '' Capitosaurus'', ''C. stantonens ...

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Triassic temnospondyls Triassic first appearances Triassic extinctions {{temnospondyli-stub