Reptilia - Placodontia - Placochelyidae

Alternative combination: Psephosaurus suecicus

Full reference: E. Fraas. 1896. Die Schwäbischen Trias-Saurier nach dem Material der Kgl. Naturalien-Sammlung in Stuttgart zusammengestellt [Swabian Triassic dinosaurs based on the material in the Royal Natural History Collection compiled in Stuttgart]. Festgabe des Königlichen Naturalien-Cabinets In Stuttgart zur 42 Versammlung der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft in Stuttgart, August 1896. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlag-handlung (E. Koch), Stuttgart 1-18

Belongs to Psephosaurus according to O. Kuhn 1971

See also Fraas 1896 and Spangenberg 1898

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hoheneck, which is in a Longobardian estuary/bay limestone in the Erfurt Formation of Germany

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hoheneck

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