Chelyoposuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles
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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]
| Chelyoposuchus Temporal range: Late Triassic, | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Placodontia |
| Family: | †Henodontidae |
| Genus: | †Chelyoposuchus Kuhn, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| †Chelyoposuchus crassisquamatus Kuhn, 1939 | |
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