Chelyoposuchus
Chelyoposuchus is an extinct genus of henodontid placodont found at the Baerecke-Limpricht clay pit, Halberstadt, Germany.[1][2] The type species, C. crassisquamatus, was named in 1939.[3] It was found in the Knollenmergel Member of the Trossingen Formation, which dates to the late Rhaetian (205.6 - 201.6 Ma) and the holotype was collected by Otto Jaekel between 1909-1913.[3]
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Genus: | †Chelyoposuchus Kuhn, 1939 |
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References
- Palaeont. Z., 21 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
- Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
- O. Kuhn. (1939). Beiträge zur Keuperfauna von Halberstadt [Contributions to the Keuper fauna of Halberstadt]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 21:258-286
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