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 and 1913.[3]

References

  1. ^ Palaeont. Z., 21 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
  2. ^ Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
  3. ^ a b O. Kuhn. (1939). Beiträge zur Keuperfauna von Halberstadt [Contributions to the Keuper fauna of Halberstadt]. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 21:258-286
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyoposuchus
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