MarketIanthodon
Company Profile

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 was initially thought to contain elements of Haptodus. The evolutionary significance of the taxon was not realized until a publication in 2015. The fossil of this organism was discovered in Garnett, Kansas.

Description
Ianthodon was first named by Kissel & Reisz in 2004; during the same development stage. The specimen was easily distinguished from the skeletal element of Petrolacosaurus by the position and the proportion of foramen and supinator process in the humeri. Skull It can be distinguished from Haptodus by its narrower skull and dentition. The higher number of precanine maxillary teeth and the more rectangular shape of the humerus distinguish the holotype of H. garnettensis == Classification ==
Classification
Ianthodon belongs to the clade Sphenacodontia within the clade Sphenacomorpha. Ianthodon has been considered the basalmost-known sphenacodont. The cladogram below follows a cladistic analysis by Spindler and colleagues, 2014. == See also ==
tickerdossier.comtickerdossier.substack.com