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Quick facts for kids Parahenodus Temporal range: Late Triassic, Carnian–Norian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

An artist's illustration of Parahenodus atancensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Placodontia
Family:	†Henodontidae
Genus:	†Parahenodus De Miguel Chaves, Ortega & Pérez‐García, 2018
Type species
†Parahenodus atancensis De Miguel Chaves, Ortega & Pérez‐García, 2018

Parahenodus is an extinct henodontidae placodont only known from a skull, described in 2018. The skull, named and described as Parahenodus atancensis, was discovered in Upper Triassic rock in Spain. It was the sister taxon to Henodus.

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