Reptilia - Placodontia - Cyamodontidae
Alternative combination: Placodus rostratus
Full reference: G. Münster. 1839. Ueber einige merkwürdige Fische aus dem Kupferschiefer und dem Muschelkalk. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 1:114-121
Belongs to Cyamodus according to O. Rieppel 2001
See also Agassiz 1839, Agassiz 1843, Kuhn 1971, Münster 1839, Owen 1859, Owen 1861, Rieppel and Hagdorn 1999 and Seeley 1869
Sister taxa: Cyamodus hildegardis, Cyamodus kuhnschnyderi, Cyamodus muensteri, Cyamodus orientalis, Cyamodus tarnowitzensis
Type specimen: UMO BT 748, a skull. Its type locality is Bindlacher Berg, which is in an Illyrian marine horizon in the Meissner Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bindlacher Berg
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