#Henodus

[antiqueanimals]

"The strangest of the Placodonts was Henodus from the Triassic strata near Tübingen in Germany. It had a square head and its short body was enclosed in armor like that of a turtle."

Prehistoric Sea Monsters. Written by Dr. Josef Augusta. Illustrated by Zdeněk Burian. 1966.

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[fossillad123]

[ Hodus ]

" A tiny tank, Hodus can provide a solid defense alongside with FP stealing and FP absorb. "

[impulseimpact]

[horrible-lizards]

Henodus, 1988

[proflambeovt]

Paleovember 2023, Henodus!

You may look at this turtle-looking creature, with it's carapace and plastron, as well as it's aquatic habitat, and think to yourself, "hey, what a funky looking turtle!" Turns out, it's NOT a turtle. Not even close. Henodus is a member of a group of Triassic reptiles called placodonts that were relatives of plesiosaurs; turtles wouldn't evolve until much later. Henodus itself lived about 227 mya in Germany, and is unique among placodonts for living in freshwater habitats without coming onto land, and scraping vegetation off rocks.

[antediluvianechoes]

Henodus

This is not a turtle. This is not a swimming ankylosaur. This is not a drowning glyptodont. This is not a lizard stuck in a clam. This is not some Lovecraftian creature. This is not a sunflower seed. This is not a dream.

[vickysaurus]

Henodus and Psephochelys, two placodonts from the Triassic.

[an-ale-of-a-tale]

      -- He’s fishing.

      It’s not going well.

[aurischolar]

it- it still doesn't feel real, but... i finally reeled in the ruby dragon a couple days ago. the last stormblood fish i needed... i think it's been half a year since i caught the rainbow fish (which had been the second last one). i was shocked into complete silence for at least 10 minutes afterwards lskdfjs i just very slowly changed my title to grandmaster caster and gingerly carried the ruby dragon to my retainer to put with my other life-ruiningly agonizing to catch legendaries.

it'd been looking like a close thing whether i'd catch every shadowbringers legendary before landing ruby dragon once, but ur boy will get to wear grandmaster caster on his name for a while after all! especially since one of the shb fish i'm missing is that godforsaken egg 🥴

[minecraft-inspo]

Triassic Freshwater Aquarium/Aviary

Inspired by the Baltimore Aquarium's Australia exhibit

Late Triassic / Triassic survivors -

Ceratodus: Lungfish; Triassic - Eocene

Chinlea: Mawsoniid coelacanth; Late Triassic

Lonchidion: Hybodontiform shark; Triassic - Cretaceous

Semionotus: Ray-finned fish related to modern gars; Late Triassic

Lakeland -

Beishanichthys: Ray-finned fish; Early Triassic

Henodus: Turtle-like placodont; Late Triassic

Vancleavea: Aquatic archisauriform; Late Triassic

Other freshwater animals -

Austrolimus: Freshwater horseshoe crab; Middle Triassic

Daedalichthys: Ray-finned fish; Early Triassic

Opolanka: Cyclid crustacean; Late Triassic

Saurichthys: Ray-finned fish; Whole Triassic

Maintenance access catwalks:

More shots of the aviary:

[dizzymoogle]

The evil egg is defeated! lol

Now that just leaves Greater Serpent of Ronka and Listracanthus for the Shadowbringers legendary fish.

I also have three big fish left from Shadowbringers (The Ondotaker, Henodus Grandis, and Python Discus)

Five fish left for Big Fish title

[baeddoll]

another ask for you. what do you think of henodus

a second ask! i haven’t seen this man before someone despite loving all sorts of ancient beasts, i love it dearly it kinda sucks a little in a charming way

[greenfrog04]

Top 10 list of visually unique and unusual extinct paleontological life

A top 10 list ,composed by myself, of unusual paleontological taxa throughout many different eras.

Note:

Papers describing each addition to the list are relatively linked but not all papers are available to read due to required requested access or subscription/payment or absence of paper within website. Potential access to material is mentioned underneath links. Please be aware that these papers will not be entirely accurate as the information is outdated due to them being early/original descriptions.

Anyway, here is the list in non particular order:

1. Lotosaurus

Art by Gabriel Ugueto

(unavailable)

2. Epidexipteryx

Art by Pablo Lara

(payment or special/requested access)

3. balhuticaris

Art by Hugo Salais

(open access currently -june 30th 2023-)

4. Sacabambapis

Art by Pierre Bourcier

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1463-6395.1961.tb00060.x

(payment)

5. atopodentatus

Art by Ceri Thomas

(payment)

6. Henodus

Art by Ceri Thomas

(unavailable)

7. Thylacosmilus

Art by Gabriel Ugueto

(limited access)

8. cotylorhynchus

Art by Nobu Tamura

(open access currently-june 30th 2023)

9. Erythrosuchus

Art by Mark P witton

(open access currently-june 30th 2023-)

10. Tanystropheus

Art by Zach Branigan

(payment)

That is my top 10 unusual and unique ancient life list, most of my inclusions are quite well known but of course there are a lot more than 10.

[casenpai]

8 I mean 7 fish to go

Lancetfish

Henodus Grandis

Armor Fish

Stethacanthus

Rakshasa

Aquamaton

Pickled Pom (relic fish)

Flintstrike (relic fish)

[antiqueanimals]

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Volume 6: Reptiles. Written by Bernard Grzimek. 1984.

1.) Placochelys placodonta

2.) Henodus

3.) Placodus gigas

4.) Archelon ischyros

[alphynix]

It's time for another batch of PBS Eons commission work!

The marine reptiles Atopodentatus and Henodus, from "The Triassic Reptile With 'Two Faces'" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8W26SiCylI

The marine turtles Archelon and Euclastes, from "The Return of Giant Skin-Shell Sea Turtles" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmb8XCwb3FI

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