Genus
Valid Extinct

Chelyoposuchus

Kuhn 1939

Chelyoposuchus is an extinct genus of henodontid placodont found at the Baerecke-Limpricht clay pit, Halberstadt, Germany. The type species, C. crassisquamatus, was named in 1939. It was found in the Knollenmergel Member of the Trossingen Formation, which dates to the late Rhaetian and the holotype was collected by Otto Jaekel between 1909 and 1913.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Placodontia Order
Henodontida Suborder
Henodontidae Family
Chelyoposuchus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Geological formations
Trossingen
1
Temporal distribution
Rhaetian (205.7–201.4 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Chelyoposuchus crassisquamatus 206 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
O. Kuhn. 1939. Beiträge zur Keuperfauna von Halberstadt [Contributions to the Keuper fauna of Halberstadt]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 21:258-286 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
O. Kuhn. 1939. Beiträge zur Keuperfauna von Halberstadt [Contributions to the Keuper fauna of Halberstadt]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 21:258-286 DOI ↗