Onchiodon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of amphibians}}

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| fossil_range = Permian, {{Fossil range|298.9|290.1|ref=}}

| image = Onchiodon12DB.jpg

| image_upright = 1.15

| taxon = Onchiodon

| authority = Geinitz, 1861

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Onchiodon is an extinct genus of temnospondyl. It is primarily known from the Carboniferous and Permian of Europe, but also from the Permian of North America. It was an amphibious carnivore.

A number of species have been described:{{species list

| Onchiodon credneri | Fritsch, 1901

| Onchiodon labyrinthicus | Geinitz, 1861 – type species

| Onchiodon langenhani | Werneburg, 1989

| Onchiodon manebachensis | Langenhan, 1909

| Onchiodon thuringiensis | Werneburg, 2008}}

File:Onchiodon frossardi.jpg

References

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{{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37013 |title=†Onchiodon Geinitz 1861 |work=Paleobiology Database |publisher=Fossilworks |access-date=17 December 2021}}

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{{portal|Paleontology}}

{{Temnospondyli|E.}}

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Category:Eryopidae

Category:Carboniferous temnospondyls of Europe

Category:Permian temnospondyls of Europe

Category:Permian temnospondyls of North America

Category:Fossil taxa described in 1861

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