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Henodus

Osteichthyes - Placodontia

Taxonomy
Henodus was named by Huene (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2,940]. Its type is Henodus chelyops. It is the type genus of Henodontidae.

It was assigned to Placodontia by Huene (1936), Huene (1938); to Cyamodontida by Rieppel (2001); to Placodontia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Henodontidae by Kuhn (1971), Carroll (1988), Rieppel (2000), Miguel Chaves et al. (2018).

Species
H. chelyops (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Henodus Huene pp. 99, 125
1938Henodus Huene
1971Henodus Kuhn p. 21
1988Henodus Carroll
2000Henodus Rieppel
2001Henodus Rieppel pp. 63-68, 72 fig. 32
2002Henodus Sepkoski
2018Henodus Miguel Chaves et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlacodontiaCope 1871
suborderCyamodontoideaNopcsa 1923
CyamodontidaNopsca 1923
genusHenodus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Henodus Huene 1936
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Henodus chelyops Huene 1936
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Rieppel 2001Skull broad and flat; rostrum short and broad; anterior cutting edge of rostrum (premaxillaries) lined by a series of incompletely individualized denticles; maxillary without tooth plates but with deep grooves (possibly supporting baleens); palatine with single posterior tooth plate; upper temporal fenestra vestigial or absent; parietal broad and fan-shaped; cephalic condyle of quadrate posteriorly expanded and abutting a ventral flange of the squamosal; palatines separated from one another by broad vomers and pterygoids; dentary with deep groove and single posterior tooth plate; coronoid small, forming small coronoid process and remaining widely separated from lower margin of lower jaw.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Germany H. chelyops (138252)