Onchiodon

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Onchiodon
Temporal range: Permian, 298.9–290.1 Ma[1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Family: Eryopidae
Genus: Onchiodon
Geinitz, 1861

Onchiodon is an extinct genus of temnospondyl. It is primarily known from the Carboniferous and Permian of Europe, but also from the Permian of North America. It was an amphibious carnivore.[1]

A number of species have been described:[1]

  • Onchiodon manebachensis Onchiodon credneri
  • Fritsch, 1901 Geinitz, 1861 – type species
  • Langenhan, 1909 Onchiodon thuringiensis
  • Onchiodon langenhani Werneburg, 2008
  • Onchiodon labyrinthicus Werneburg, 1989
Onchiodon frossardi (=Actinodon frossardi)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "†Onchiodon Geinitz 1861". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.