Onchiodon

Onchiodon
Temporal range: Permian, 298.9–290.1 Ma[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 credneri Fritsch, 1901
  • Onchiodon labyrinthicus Geinitz, 1861 – type species
  • Onchiodon langenhani Werneburg, 1989
  • Onchiodon manebachensis Langenhan, 1909
  • Onchiodon thuringiensis Werneburg, 2008
Onchiodon frossardi (=Actinodon frossardi)
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