Stenotosauridae

{{Short description|Extinct family of temnospondyls}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Triassic

| image = Stenotosaurus stantonensis.jpg

| image_caption = Stenotosaurus stantonensis

| taxon = Stenotosauridae

| authority = Heyler, 1969

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = *{{extinct}}Procyclotosaurus

• {{extinct}}Stenotosaurus
• {{extinct}}Wellesaurus

}}

Stenotosauridae is an extinct family of mastodonsauroid temnospondyls. It has included genera such as Stenotosaurus, Wellesaurus, and Procyclotosaurus.{{cite journal |last=Morales |first=M. |author2=Shishkin, M.A. |year=2002 |title=A re-assessment of Parotosuchus africanus (Broom), a capitosauroid temnospondyl amphibian from the Triassic of South Africa |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=1–11| doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0001:araopa]2.0.co;2 |s2cid=86254209 }}{{cite journal |last=Fortuny |first=Josep |author2=Galobart, À |author3=De Santisteban, C. |year=2011 |title=A new capitosaur from the Middle Triassic of Spain and the relationships within the Capitosauria |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=56 |issue=3 |pages=553–566 |doi= 10.4202/app.2010.0025 |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100025_acc.pdf|doi-access=free }}