Crinodon
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| Crinodon Temporal range: Carboniferous (Westphalian) | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Family: | †Tuditanidae |
| Genus: | †Crinodon Carroll & Gaskill, 1978 |
| Species | |
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Crinodon limnophyes Steen, 1938 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ricnodon limnophyes Steen, 1938 | |
Crinodon is an extinct genus of microsaur within the family Tuditanidae.[1][2][3] The type and only species C. limnophyes was found in Carboniferous deposits of Nyrany (Czech Republic) and described by M. C. Steen in 1938 as Ricnodon limnophyes.[4] It was assigned to the new genus Crinodon by R. L. Carroll and P. Gaskill in 1978.[5]
