Reptilia - Placodontia - Cyamodontidae
Alternative combinations: Placodus muensteri, Placodus munsteri
Synonyms: Cyamodus laticeps Owen 1859, Placodus laticeps Owen 1859
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1834. Feuilleton Additionnel aux Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles 1-20
Belongs to Cyamodus according to O. Rieppel 2001
See also Agassiz 1834, Agassiz 1839, Agassiz 1843, Diedrich 2011, Kuhn 1971, Owen 1859, Owen 1859, Owen 1861, Rieppel and Hagdorn 1999, Scheyer et al. 2012, Seeley 1869 and Swinton 1934
Sister taxa: Cyamodus hildegardis, Cyamodus kuhnschnyderi, Cyamodus orientalis, Cyamodus rostratus, Cyamodus tarnowitzensis
Type specimens:
- Cyamodus muensteri: BSP AS VII 1210, a partial skull. Its type locality is Bindlacher Berg, which is in an Illyrian marine horizon in the Meissner Formation of Germany.
- Cyamodus laticeps: Its type locality is Near Bayreuth, which is in a Triassic marine horizon in Germany.
Distribution:
• Triassic of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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