Chelyoposuchus crassisquamatus Kuhn 1939 (placodont)

Reptilia - Placodontia - Henodontidae

Full reference: O. Kuhn. 1939. Beiträge zur Keuperfauna von Halberstadt [Contributions to the Keuper fauna of Halberstadt]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 21:258-286

Belongs to Chelyoposuchus according to O. Kuhn 1971

See also Kuhn 1939

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baerecke-Limpricht clay pit, Halberstadt (bed 13), which is in a Rhaetian floodplain sandstone in the Trossingen Formation of Germany

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Baerecke-Limpricht clay pit, Halberstadt (bed 13)

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