Where: Bayern, Germany (49.9° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 16.4° N, 19.2° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Muschelkalk Group, Middle Triassic (247.2 - 237.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: R. Owen. 1859. Description of the skull and teeth of the Placodus laticeps, Ow, with indications of other new species of Placodus, and evidence of the saurian nature of that extinct genus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 9:157-159 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 105334: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 19.02.2011, edited by Roger Benson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Reptilia | |
"Placodus laticeps n. sp." = Cyamodus muensteri
"Placodus laticeps n. sp." = Cyamodus muensteri Agassiz 1834 placodont | |
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Placodus andriani Agassiz 1839 placodont
Placodus gigas Agassiz 1833 placodont SMF 4162, skull fragment (Rieppel 1944, fig. 41); SMF R-360 (skull of Broili 1912, p. 147); SMF R-359 (skull); BSP AS VII 1209 (mandible)
Placodus pachygnathus n. sp. Owen 1859 placodont
Placodus bathygnathus Owen 1859 placodont | |