†family Placodontidae Cope 1871 (placodont)

Reptilia - Placodontia - Placodontidae

Parent taxon: Placodontoidea according to O. Rieppel 1995

See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Jaekel 1910, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1971 and Rieppel 2000

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Chelyoposuchinae Placodus

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Ecology: slow-moving amphibious durophage

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (1 collection), Germany (20), Israel (4), Italy (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (3)

Total: 30 collections including 35 occurrences

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