†Placerias hesternus Lucas 1904 (dicynodont)
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Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Stahleckeriidae
Synonym: Placerias gigas Camp and Welles 1956
Full reference: F. A. Lucas. 1904. A new batrachian and a new reptile from the Trias of Arizona. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 27:193-195
Belongs to Placerias according to R. A. Long and P. A. Murry 1995
See also Hay 1930
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Placerias hesternus: USNM 2198, a limb element (Humerus). Its type locality is 3 miles north of Tanners Crossing, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.
- Placerias gigas: Its type locality is Placerias Quarry, UCMP A269, which is in a Norian wet floodplain mudstone/claystone in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (7: Arizona, North Carolina collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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