Species: chelyops HUENE, 1936
Etymology:

Lectotype: GPIT “Specimen II”

Locality: Lustnau near Tubingen, Baden-Wurttemberg State, southern Germany.

Horizon: Uppermost Gipskeuper.

Biostratigraphy: Estherienschichten Zone.

Age: Lower Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Early Late Triassic.

Material: Skull, dentary and almost complete skeleton with dermal and ventral shield.

New reconstruction.

Skull after David Peters; A) dorsal and B) lateral views.

Referred material:

GPIT “Specimen I” Example I: Skull and nearly complete skeleton.

III-VII: Skulls and skeletons.

FISCHER, 1959

Karte Tubingen Nr. 74 20: Fragmentary skull and skeleton.

HUENE, 1938

Number: Not given: Skeleton lacking cervical and caudal vertebrae.

Dorsal view of shell.

Ventral view of shell.

Henodus chelyops skulls after RIEPPEL, 2001; A) Specimen IV, BPIT uncatalogued: B) Specimen 1 of Huene, 1936.

Henodus chelyops jaws after RIEPPEL, 2001 based mainly on specimens I and II of HUENE, 1936: A) left lateral; B) medial and C) dorsal views.

HUENE, 1958

Exemplar III: Skeleton Material: Fragmentary skull, skeleton and dermal armor.

HUENE, 1958, Examplar III, skull; A) dorsal; B) left lateral; C) ventral and D) posterior views.

HUENE, 1958, Examplar III, skull and skeleton: A) dorsal and B) ventral views.

Cross-section of the skeleton.