Where: Germany (48.5° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 20.7° N, 15.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Estherienschichten Member (Grabfeld Formation), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• Estherienschichten, uppermost Gipskeuper, lower Carnian, Upper Triassic
Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, dolomitic, gypsiferous, gray marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Mr Walter Reiff and Friedrich Freiherr von Huene in 1934, 1937
Collection methods: mechanical,
• First two specimens found in January 1934; third specimen found five metres east in autumn 1937
Primary reference: F. F. v. Huene. 1936. Henodus chelyops, ein neuer placodontier. Sonder-Abduck aus Palaeontographica Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Vorzeit, Abteilung A 84:99-148 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138252: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 08.01.2013
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Taxonomic list
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Henodus chelyops n. gen. n. sp.
Henodus chelyops n. gen. n. sp. Huene 1936 placodont Two specimen reported by von Huene (1936); a third by von Huene (1938); and a total of eight mentioned by (including seven skulls) by Rieppel (2001)
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