†family Placochelyidae Jaekel 1910

Reptilia - Placodontia - Placochelyidae

Alternative spelling: Placochelydae

Full reference: O. Jaekel. 1910. Über das System der Reptilien [On the system of reptiles]. Zoologische Anzeiger 35:324-341

Parent taxon: Cyamodontoidea according to C. Li and O. Rieppel 2002

See also Jaekel 1910, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1971, Rieppel 2000 and Rieppel 2001

Sister taxa: Cyamodontida, Placochelyida, Priscochelys, Psephosauriscus, Psephosaurus picardi

Subtaxa: Glyphoderma Psephochelys Psephosaurus

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Type: Placochelys

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (2 collections), Germany (1), Israel (2), Turkey (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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