Onchiodon
Extinct genus of amphibians
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Onchiodon is an extinct genus of temnospondyl. It is primarily known from the Carboniferous and Permian of Europe, but also from the Permian of North America. It was an amphibious carnivore.[1]
| Onchiodon Temporal range: Permian, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Tetrapoda |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Family: | †Eryopidae |
| Genus: | †Onchiodon Geinitz, 1861 |
A number of species have been described:[1]
- Onchiodon credneri Fritsch, 1901
- Onchiodon labyrinthicus Geinitz, 1861 – type species
- Onchiodon langenhani Werneburg, 1989
- Onchiodon manebachensis Langenhan, 1909
- Onchiodon thuringiensis Werneburg, 2008
