Crinodon fossil map
Where fossils of Crinodon have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 300 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 300 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early tetrapods & amphibians |
|---|---|
| Lived | 309.8–307.4 million years ago (Moscovian) |
| Periods | Carboniferous |
| Family | Tuditanidae |
| Named by | Carroll and Gaskill 1978 |
| Fossil records | 1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Czech Republic |
| Rock formations | Kladno |
About Crinodon
Crinodon is an extinct genus of microsaur within the family Tuditanidae. The type and only species C. limnophyes was found in Carboniferous deposits of Nyrany (Czech Republic) and described by M. C. Steen in 1938 as Ricnodon limnophyes. It was assigned to the new genus Crinodon by R. L. Carroll and P. Gaskill in 1978.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Crinodon (revision 1354842925), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q5185758.
