Cyamodus

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Cyamodus Temporal range: Middle-Late Triassic, 247–235 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Placodontia
Superfamily:	†Cyamodontoidea
Family:	†Cyamodontidae
Genus:	†Cyamodus Meyer, 1863
Species
†C. rostratus (Münster, 1839[1]) (type) †C. hildegardis Peyer, 1931a †C. kuhnschneyderi Nosotti & Pinna 1993 †C. munsteri (Agassiz, 1833-45) †C. orientalis (Wang et al., 2019)[1] †C. tarnowitzensis Gürich, 1884
Synonyms
Placodus rostratus, Muenster (1839) Placodus muensteri, Aggassiz (1839) Placodus laticeps, Meyer (1863)

Cyamodus (pron.: SIE-ah-MO-dus) is a genus of placodonts known from several species described from Middle-Late Triassic of Europe and China. The genus was described by Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer in 1863, based on specimens found in Germany. Like some other placodonts, Cyamodus has an armoured carapace composed of irregular hexagonal plates, with the mouth containing a small number of large, rounded teeth that were likely involved in crushing hard shelled organisms (durophagy).