''Capitosaurus'' is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibians whose remains have been found in

Spitsbergen Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norw ...

and Germany. Its skull was 30 cm long, with a total length over 122 cm. Several species have been assigned to the genus over the years, but only ''C. polaris'' is still valid today.''Capitosaurus'' Münster, 1836 in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-07-27.

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Triassic temnospondyls of Europe Fossils of Germany Prehistoric tetrapod genera Monotypic amphibian genera {{Triassic-animal-stub