From 2021, #paleoart of the giant temnospondyl Mastodonsaurus preying on the wee archosauriform Jaxtasuchus. Mastodonsaurus were huge - 5-6 m long - making them some of the largest amphibians of all time, and presumably lived crocodile-like lifestyles. #sciart #fossils #paleontology
December 4, 2024 at 10:46 AM
From 2021, #paleoart of the giant temnospondyl Mastodonsaurus preying on the wee archosauriform Jaxtasuchus. Mastodonsaurus were huge - 5-6 m long - making them some of the largest amphibians of all time, and presumably lived crocodile-like lifestyles. #sciart #fossils #paleontology
New paper out today! Led by Daniel Schwarz, we retrodeformed the skull and reconstructed the cranio-mandibular musculature of the giant stem-amphibian Mastodonsaurus giganteus. Our results show that Mastodonsaurus had a powerful bite and a crocodile-
like bite-and-hold feeding style.
like bite-and-hold feeding style.
September 15, 2026 at 8:04 AM
New paper out today! Led by Daniel Schwarz, we retrodeformed the skull and reconstructed the cranio-mandibular musculature of the giant stem-amphibian Mastodonsaurus giganteus. Our results show that Mastodonsaurus had a powerful bite and a crocodile-
like bite-and-hold feeding style.
like bite-and-hold feeding style.
MASTODONSAURUS, from the ✨new video✨ : www.youtube.com/watch?v=YULv... dedicated to Temnospondyls 🐸 . #mastodonsaurus #paleoart #temnospondyli #triassic
October 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
MASTODONSAURUS, from the ✨new video✨ : www.youtube.com/watch?v=YULv... dedicated to Temnospondyls 🐸 . #mastodonsaurus #paleoart #temnospondyli #triassic
More than 2,000 volunteers are helping Polish scientists restore a Mastodonsaurus skeleton.
2,000 volunteers join a painstaking effort to restore massive skeleton of prehistoric predator
More than 2,000 volunteers are helping Polish scientists restore a Mastodonsaurus skeleton. This massive amphibian was an aquatic predator from around the dawn of the dinosaur age.
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July 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM
More than 2,000 volunteers are helping Polish scientists restore a Mastodonsaurus skeleton.
Batrachotomus and Mastodonsaurus (art by @caxela.bsky.social).
November 17, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Batrachotomus and Mastodonsaurus (art by @caxela.bsky.social).
Reconstructing the major skull myology of the giant stem‐amphibian Mastodonsaurus: A case study for early tetrapods - Schwarz - Journal of Anatomy - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reconstructing the major skull myology of the giant stem‐amphibian <fi>Mastodonsaurus</fi>: A case study for early tetrapods
We reconstruct the major cranial musculature of the giant stem amphibian Mastodonsaurus giganteus, revealing a differentiated jaw-adductor system, a probable sesamoid pulley, and previously unrecogni....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Reconstructing the major skull myology of the giant stem‐amphibian Mastodonsaurus: A case study for early tetrapods - Schwarz - Journal of Anatomy - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
My #paleoart #watercolor of the huge Triassic amphibian, Mastodonsaurus. I chose to depict two fighting to show the bizarre tusks that fit into sockets that go straight through the upper jaw in both an open and closed mouth.
June 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
My #paleoart #watercolor of the huge Triassic amphibian, Mastodonsaurus. I chose to depict two fighting to show the bizarre tusks that fit into sockets that go straight through the upper jaw in both an open and closed mouth.
Monster jaws from the depths. WIP A huge Mastodonsaurus coming from the lake bottom to catch a Chronosuchian swimming above it
This is an illustration I am doing for my book (still in preparation). Mastodonsaurus giganteus lived during the Middle Triassic in Europe
This is an illustration I am doing for my book (still in preparation). Mastodonsaurus giganteus lived during the Middle Triassic in Europe
July 4, 2023 at 2:36 PM
Monster jaws from the depths. WIP A huge Mastodonsaurus coming from the lake bottom to catch a Chronosuchian swimming above it
This is an illustration I am doing for my book (still in preparation). Mastodonsaurus giganteus lived during the Middle Triassic in Europe
This is an illustration I am doing for my book (still in preparation). Mastodonsaurus giganteus lived during the Middle Triassic in Europe
The amphibian in question (Mastodonsaurus) was a large, well-armed, & ferocious predator in its own right. There is a 60 cm Mastodonsaurus skull and mandibles with bite marks from another, much larger Mastodonsaurus. Tusks of adults could be >14 cm long.
February 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The amphibian in question (Mastodonsaurus) was a large, well-armed, & ferocious predator in its own right. There is a 60 cm Mastodonsaurus skull and mandibles with bite marks from another, much larger Mastodonsaurus. Tusks of adults could be >14 cm long.
Schoch RR et al. (2024) Growing giants: ontogeny and life history of the temnospondyl Mastodonsaurus giganteus (Stereospondyli) from the Middle Triassic of Germany. Fossil Record 27(3): 401-422. doi.org/10.3897/fr.2...
Growing giants: ontogeny and life history of the temnospondyl Mastodonsaurus giganteus (Stereospondyli) from the Middle Triassic of Germany
The Middle Triassic capitosaur Mastodonsaurus giganteus was the largest temnospondyl and the dominating aquatic predator in many European freshwater to brackish ecosystems. It is represented by numero...
doi.org
January 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Schoch RR et al. (2024) Growing giants: ontogeny and life history of the temnospondyl Mastodonsaurus giganteus (Stereospondyli) from the Middle Triassic of Germany. Fossil Record 27(3): 401-422. doi.org/10.3897/fr.2...
#temnovember2025 day 19: Edingerella
And now we return to #temnovember with #Edingerella, a basal #capitosaur (noice:) ) from the early #Triassic of Madagascar
#paleoart #sciart #amphibian #temnovember #capitosaurus #mastodonsaurus
And now we return to #temnovember with #Edingerella, a basal #capitosaur (noice:) ) from the early #Triassic of Madagascar
#paleoart #sciart #amphibian #temnovember #capitosaurus #mastodonsaurus
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
#temnovember2025 day 19: Edingerella
And now we return to #temnovember with #Edingerella, a basal #capitosaur (noice:) ) from the early #Triassic of Madagascar
#paleoart #sciart #amphibian #temnovember #capitosaurus #mastodonsaurus
And now we return to #temnovember with #Edingerella, a basal #capitosaur (noice:) ) from the early #Triassic of Madagascar
#paleoart #sciart #amphibian #temnovember #capitosaurus #mastodonsaurus
And now, as a last triassic sketch of the year, and animal toward i have 0 vias whatsoever;), Calmasuchus, from the middle Triassic of La Mora, Spain
#paleoart #sciart #temnospondyl #amphbian #calmasuchus #TemnospondylTuesday #mastodonsaurus
#paleoart #sciart #temnospondyl #amphbian #calmasuchus #TemnospondylTuesday #mastodonsaurus
December 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
And now, as a last triassic sketch of the year, and animal toward i have 0 vias whatsoever;), Calmasuchus, from the middle Triassic of La Mora, Spain
#paleoart #sciart #temnospondyl #amphbian #calmasuchus #TemnospondylTuesday #mastodonsaurus
#paleoart #sciart #temnospondyl #amphbian #calmasuchus #TemnospondylTuesday #mastodonsaurus
Paper open access and available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Reconstructing the major skull myology of the giant stem‐amphibian Mastodonsaurus: A case study for early tetrapods
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 15, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Paper open access and available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
My first tetrapod body fossil was this Mastodonsaurus fang from the Muschelkalk of Southern Poland. The thrill of being the first to see something for hundreds of millions of years is cosmically fulfilling
July 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My first tetrapod body fossil was this Mastodonsaurus fang from the Muschelkalk of Southern Poland. The thrill of being the first to see something for hundreds of millions of years is cosmically fulfilling
Der wollte mich gerade überzeugen Linux zu installieren
April 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Der wollte mich gerade überzeugen Linux zu installieren
happy fat fluck friday! this is mastodonsaurus, a mid-triassic temnospondyl that could reach lengths between 16-20ft, and which had large teeth on its lower jaw that projected upwards through openings in the palate
(art by vladislav egorov)
(art by vladislav egorov)
November 15, 2024 at 3:30 PM
happy fat fluck friday! this is mastodonsaurus, a mid-triassic temnospondyl that could reach lengths between 16-20ft, and which had large teeth on its lower jaw that projected upwards through openings in the palate
(art by vladislav egorov)
(art by vladislav egorov)
When they say everything became crocs, this was a fine example. Mastodonsaurus giganteus. 6m-long murderous tadpole of Triassic Stuttgart.
#mastodonsaurus #amphibia #temnospondyl #paleoart #palaeoart #animals
#mastodonsaurus #amphibia #temnospondyl #paleoart #palaeoart #animals
October 19, 2024 at 1:47 PM
When they say everything became crocs, this was a fine example. Mastodonsaurus giganteus. 6m-long murderous tadpole of Triassic Stuttgart.
#mastodonsaurus #amphibia #temnospondyl #paleoart #palaeoart #animals
#mastodonsaurus #amphibia #temnospondyl #paleoart #palaeoart #animals
More than 2,000 volunteers in Warsaw are helping scientists restore the skeleton of a Mastodonsaurus, a 240-million-year-old, six-metre-long aquatic predator.
Once restoration is complete, it will be the largest skeleton of its kind anywhere in the world.
Once restoration is complete, it will be the largest skeleton of its kind anywhere in the world.
2,000 volunteers join a painstaking effort to restore massive skeleton of prehistoric predator
More than 2,000 volunteers are helping Polish scientists restore a Mastodonsaurus skeleton. This massive amphibian was an aquatic predator from around the dawn of the dinosaur age.
apnews.com
July 22, 2026 at 6:28 PM
More than 2,000 volunteers in Warsaw are helping scientists restore the skeleton of a Mastodonsaurus, a 240-million-year-old, six-metre-long aquatic predator.
Once restoration is complete, it will be the largest skeleton of its kind anywhere in the world.
Once restoration is complete, it will be the largest skeleton of its kind anywhere in the world.
December 23, 2025 at 5:23 AM
#temnovember2025 day 21: Capitosaurus
After five years of #temnovember, 133 #temnospondyls, certainly one of the biggest overdues, #Capitosaurus, namesake of capitosauria, and a cool animal on it own right
#paleoart #sciart #amphibian #mastodonsaurus #triassic
After five years of #temnovember, 133 #temnospondyls, certainly one of the biggest overdues, #Capitosaurus, namesake of capitosauria, and a cool animal on it own right
#paleoart #sciart #amphibian #mastodonsaurus #triassic
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#temnovember2025 day 21: Capitosaurus
After five years of #temnovember, 133 #temnospondyls, certainly one of the biggest overdues, #Capitosaurus, namesake of capitosauria, and a cool animal on it own right
#paleoart #sciart #amphibian #mastodonsaurus #triassic
After five years of #temnovember, 133 #temnospondyls, certainly one of the biggest overdues, #Capitosaurus, namesake of capitosauria, and a cool animal on it own right
#paleoart #sciart #amphibian #mastodonsaurus #triassic
New paper from Mehmood et al. that analyses the ecology & biogeography of the #temnospondyl recovery in the #Triassic following the End-Permian mass extinction.
How did these ancient #amphibians respond to the extreme environmental upheavals?
Read here ⬇️
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
How did these ancient #amphibians respond to the extreme environmental upheavals?
Read here ⬇️
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
March 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
New paper from Mehmood et al. that analyses the ecology & biogeography of the #temnospondyl recovery in the #Triassic following the End-Permian mass extinction.
How did these ancient #amphibians respond to the extreme environmental upheavals?
Read here ⬇️
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
How did these ancient #amphibians respond to the extreme environmental upheavals?
Read here ⬇️
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Amphibians that qualify as “big predator that would eat you/could fight another big dangerous animal” did exist, though. For example, above is a large Mastodonsaurus individual.
December 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Amphibians that qualify as “big predator that would eat you/could fight another big dangerous animal” did exist, though. For example, above is a large Mastodonsaurus individual.
congrats to mastodonsaurus for being this week's people's princess 👏👑
happy fat fluck friday! this is mastodonsaurus, a mid-triassic temnospondyl that could reach lengths between 16-20ft, and which had large teeth on its lower jaw that projected upwards through openings in the palate
(art by vladislav egorov)
(art by vladislav egorov)
November 15, 2024 at 10:05 PM
congrats to mastodonsaurus for being this week's people's princess 👏👑
While not a dinosaur, I always get a kick out of mastodonsaurus giganteus whenever I visit the AMNH. I mean, because, just look at this thing. www.facebook.com/naturalhisto...
American Museum of Natural History
Meet Mastodonsaurus giganteus! It lived during the Late Triassic about 215 million years ago. Mastodonsaurus is an extinct relative of frogs and salamanders, but it was probably more like the...
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July 25, 2024 at 1:55 AM
While not a dinosaur, I always get a kick out of mastodonsaurus giganteus whenever I visit the AMNH. I mean, because, just look at this thing. www.facebook.com/naturalhisto...