Parahenodus

Parahenodus is an extinct genus of henodontid placodont only known from a skull, described in 2018. It lived during the Late Triassic (Carnian–Norian). The skull, named and described as Parahenodus atancensis, was discovered in Keuper Facies of the Castilian Branche of the Iberian Range in the reservoir of El Atance (Sigüenza, Spain). It was the sister taxon to Henodus.[1]

Parahenodus
Temporal range: Late Triassic, Carnian–Norian
An artist's illustration of Parahenodus atancensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Superorder:
†Sauropterygia
Order:
†Placodontia
Family:
†Henodontidae
Genus:
†Parahenodus

De Miguel Chaves, Ortega & Pérez‐García, 2018
Type species
†Parahenodus atancensis
De Miguel Chaves, Ortega & Pérez‐García, 2018

References
  1. Carlos de Miguel Chaves; Francisco Ortega; Adán Pérez‐García (2018). "A new placodont from the Upper Triassic of Spain provides new insights on the acquisition of the specialized skull of Henodontidae". Papers in Palaeontology. 4 (4): 567–576. doi:10.1002/spp2.1218.
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