Genus
Valid Extinct

Henodus

Huene 1936

Henodus is an extinct placodont of the Late Triassic period during the early Carnian age. Fossils of Henodus chelyops were found in the Estherienschichten Member of the Grabfeld Formation, near Tübingen, Germany and Loulé, Portugal. It was around 1 metre (3.3 ft) in length. The single species within the genus is H. chelyops. Henodus is the only placodont thus far found in non-marine deposits, suggesting it may have lived in brackish or freshwater lagoons.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
Henodus
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Skeleton of Henodus at the American Museum of Natural History © Ryan Schwark · CC0 · Wikimedia
PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Placodontia Order
Cyamodontoidea Suborder
Cyamodontida Unranked clade
Henodus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Geological formations
Grabfeld
1
Temporal distribution
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Henodus chelyops 237 Ma
Images 4
Bibliography
Original description
F. F. v. Huene. 1936. Henodus chelyops, ein neuer placodontier. Sonder-Abduck aus Palaeontographica Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Vorzeit, Abteilung A 84:99-148
Bibliography (1)
F. F. v. Huene. 1936. Henodus chelyops, ein neuer placodontier. Sonder-Abduck aus Palaeontographica Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Vorzeit, Abteilung A 84:99-148