Ianthodon

Ianthodon
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian,
~304 Ma
I. schultzei cranial and skeletal reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Holotype KUVP 133735

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]

  1. ^ Kissel, R. A. & Reisz, R. R. Synapsid fauna of the Upper Pennsylvanian Rock Lake Shale near Garnett, Kansas and the diversity pattern of early amniotes. In G. Arratia, M. V. H. Wilson & R. Cloutier (eds.). Recent Advances in the Origin and Early Radiation of Vertebrates. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, 2004.
  2. ^ a b Spindler, F.; Scott, Diane; Reisz, Robert (October 2014). "New information on the cranial and postcranial anatomy of the early synapsid Ianthodon schultzei (Sphenacomorpha: Sphenacodontia), and its evolutionary significance". Fossil Record. 18: 17–30.