What is Parahenodus?
{{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = [[Late Triassic]], {{fossilrange|Carnian|Norian}} | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Parahenodus | authority = De Miguel Chaves, Ortega & Pérez‐García, [[2018 in paleontology|2018]] | type_species_authority = De Miguel Chaves, Ortega & Pérez‐García, 2018 | type_species = †'''''Parahenodus atancensis''''' }} '''''Parahenodus''''' is an extinct ''[[henodontidae]]'' [[placodont]] only known from a skull, described in 2018.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Carlos de Miguel Chaves |author2=Francisco Ortega |author3=Adán Pérez‐García |year=2018 |title=A new placodont from the Upper Triassic of Spain provides new insights on the acquisition of the specialized skull of Henodontidae |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |volume=4 |issue= 4|pages= 567–576|doi=10.1002/spp2.1218 |s2cid=133679210 }}</ref> The skull, named and described as '''''Parahenodus atancensis''''', was discovered in [[Upper Triassic]] rock in [[Spain]]. It was the [[sister taxon]] to ''[[Henodus]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Sauropterygia]] [[Category:Fossil taxa described in 2018]] {{biology-stub}}