Chelyoposuchus

Chelyoposuchus is an extinct genus of henodontid placodont found at the Baerecke-Limpricht clay pit, Halberstadt, Germany.^[1][2] The type species, C. crassisquamatus, was named in 1939.^[3] It was found in the Knollenmergel Member of the Trossingen Formation, which dates to the late Rhaetian (205.6 - 201.6 Ma) and the holotype was collected by Otto Jaekel between 1909 and 1913.^[3]

Chelyoposuchus Temporal range: Late Triassic, 205.6–201.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Placodontia
Family:	†Henodontidae
Genus:	†Chelyoposuchus Kuhn, 1939
Type species
†Chelyoposuchus crassisquamatus Kuhn, 1939
Synonyms
Chelyposuchus Romer, 1966 (sic)