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Heptasaurus Temporal range: Triassic |
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| Underside of the skull of Heptasaurus cappelensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Clade: | †Capitosauria |
| Family: | †Mastodonsauridae |
| Genus: |
†Heptasaurus Säve-Söderbergh, 1935 |
| Type species | |
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†Heptasaurus cappelensis (Wepfer, 1923 [originally Mastodonsaurus cappelensis]) |
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Heptasaurus is an extinct genus of Triassic capitosaurian temnospondyl amphibian within the family Mastodonsauridae.