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Chelyoposuchus crassisquamatus

Osteichthyes - Placodontia - Henodontidae

Taxonomy
Chelyoposuchus crassisquamatus was named by Kuhn (1939). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baerecke-Limpricht clay pit, Halberstadt (bed 13), which is in a Rhaetian floodplain sandstone in the Trossingen Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Chelyoposuchus.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2013-02-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Chelyoposuchus crassisquamatus Kuhn p. 277 figs. Pl. 16, 18, 19, 23
1971Chelyoposuchus crassisquamatus Kuhn p. 21

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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
suborderHenodontidaKuhn 1961
familyHenodontidaevon Huene 1936
genusChelyoposuchus
speciescrassisquamatus

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.

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Diagnosis
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