Ianthodon
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. 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. The fossil of this organism was discovered in Garnett, Kansas.
| Ianthodon Temporal range: Pennsylvanian, ~ | |
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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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