Amphibian
Mastodonsaurus
Mastodonsaurus giganteus had a huge, flat skull and an aquatic-looking body.
Mastodonsaurus giganteus had a huge, flat skull and an aquatic-looking body. Large lower-jaw fangs fitted through openings in the upper part of its snout.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Mastodonsaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Its teeth and feeding structures are interpreted as adapted to taking animal prey.
- When it lived
- Middle Triassic
- Group
- Temnospondyli
- Temnospondyls
Beyond the game
The real Mastodonsaurus
Mastodonsaurus giganteus had a huge, flat skull and an aquatic-looking body. Large lower-jaw fangs fitted through openings in the upper part of its snout.
The openings in the snout accommodated the large lower-jaw fangs. This distinctive jaw arrangement belonged to an aquatic temnospondyl, a very different animal from the mammal mastodon.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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