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Henodus chelyops

Osteichthyes - Placodontia

Taxonomy
Henodus chelyops was named by Huene (1936). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lustnau Gipskeuper near Tübingen, which is in a Carnian marine marl in the Grabfeld Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Henodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Henodus chelyops Huene pp. 99, 125 figs. Figs 1-27; Plates 9-12
1938Henodus chelyops Huene
1971Henodus chelyops Kuhn p. 21
2001Henodus chelyops Rieppel pp. 39-49, 72-73 figs. 18-25
2018Henodus chelyops Miguel Chaves et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlacodontiaCope 1871
suborderCyamodontoideaNopcsa 1923
CyamodontidaNopsca 1923
genusHenodus
specieschelyops

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Henodus chelyops Huene 1936
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Rieppel 2001Same as for genus [Henodus], of which this is the only known species.