''Chelyoposuchus'' is an extinct genus of henodontid

placodont Placodonts (" tablet teeth") are an extinct order of marine reptiles that lived during the Triassic period, becoming extinct at the end of the period. They were part of Sauropterygia, the group that includes plesiosaurs. Placodonts were generall ...

found at the Baerecke-Limpricht clay pit,

Halberstadt Halberstadt (; Eastphalian dialect, Eastphalian: ''Halverstidde'') is a town in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in central Germany, the capital of Harz (district), Harz district. Located north of the Harz mountain range, it is known for its old town ...

, Germany.Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, ''Bulletins of American Paleontology'' 363, 1-560 The type species, ''C. crassisquamatus'', was named in 1939.O. Kuhn. (1939). Beiträge zur Keuperfauna von Halberstadt ontributions to the Keuper fauna of Halberstadt ''Paläontologische Zeitschrift'' 21:258-286 It was found in the Knollenmergel Member of the

Trossingen Formation The Trossingen Formation, formerly the Knollenmergel (also known as the Arnstadt Formation), is a geological formation in Germany and Switzerland. It dates back to the late Norian-Rhaetian. It belongs to the Keuper Group of the Germanic Triassi ...

, which dates to the late Rhaetian (205.6 - 201.6 Ma) and the holotype was collected by

Otto Jaekel Otto Max Johannes Jaekel (21 February 1863 – 6 March 1929) was a German paleontologist and geologist. Biography Jaekel was born in Nowa Sól, Neusalz (Nowa Sól), Prussian Silesia, the son of a builder and the youngest of seven children. He st ...

between 1909 and 1913.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q101242544 Placodontia Prehistoric reptile genera Fossil taxa described in 1939