Ianthodon
Extinct genus of synapsids / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ianthodon is an extinct genus of basal haptodontiform synapsids from the Late Carboniferous about 304 million years ago. The taxon was discovered and named by Kissel & Reisz in 2004.[1] The only species in the taxon, Ianthodon schultzei, was found by separating it from a block that also contained the remains of Petrolacosaurus and Haptodus. The evolutionary significance of the taxon wasn't realized until a publication in 2015.[2] The fossil of this organism was discovered in Garnett, Kansas.[2]
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Ianthodon | |
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I. schultzei cranial and skeletal reconstruction | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Eupelycosauria |
Clade: | Metopophora |
Clade: | Haptodontiformes |
Genus: | †Ianthodon Kissel & Reisz, 2004 |
Type species | |
†Ianthodon schultzei Kissel & Reisz, 2004 |
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