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After Damiani, 2001 and Damiani & Hancox, 2003

    †Mastodontosaurus Jaeger, 1828
        †Salamandroides Jaeger, 1828
        †Batrachosaurus Fitzinger, 1840
        †Labyrinthodon Owen, 1842a
        †Heptasaurus Säve-Söderbergh, 1935

    †Mastodonsaurus cappelensis Wepfer, 1923b
        †Mastodonsaurus cappelensis Wepfer, 1923b
        †Heptasaurus cappelensis (Wepfer); Säve-Söderbergh, 1935
        †Mastodonsaurus ingens Trusheim, 1937
        †Mastodonsaurus cappelensis Wepfer; Damiani, 2001

    †Mastodonsaurus giganteus

    †Mastodonsaurus torvus Konzhukova, 1955; Damiani, 2001
        †Mastodonsaurus tantus Krasilnikov & Vyushkov, 1947 (nomen nudum)
        †Mastodonsaurus torvus Konzhukova, 1955
        †Mastodonsaurus toevus Konzhukova, 1955 (lapsus calami)
        †Mastodonsaurus maximus Ochev, 1958b
        †Mastodonsaurus torvus Konzhukova; Damiani, 2001

Reference(s):

Damiani, R. J., 2001: A systematic revision and phylogenetic analysis of Triassic mastodonsauroids (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyli).
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: Vol. 133, #4, pp. 379-482

Damiani, R. J. & Hancox, P. J., 2003: New mastodonsaurid temnospondyls from the Cynognathus assemblage zone (Upper Beaufort Group; Karoo Basin) of South Africa.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 23, #1, pp. 54-66