Placodus Agassiz 1833 (placodont)

Reptilia - Placodontia - Placodontidae

Synonyms: Anomosaurus Huene 1902, Crurosaurus Huene 1902

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1833. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (1re livraison) 1-48

Parent taxon: Placodontidae according to O. Rieppel 1995

See also Agassiz 1833, Carroll 1988, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Huene 1902, Kuhn 1971, Owen 1859, Owen 1860, Owen 1861, Rieppel 2000, Sepkoski 2002 and Storrs 1991

Sister taxon: Chelyoposuchinae

Subtaxa: Crurosaurus problematicus Placodus aethiops Placodus andriani Placodus angustus Placodus bathygnathus Placodus bombidens Placodus duplicatus Placodus gigas Placodus gracilis Placodus impressus Placodus inexpectatus Placodus pachygnathus Placodus rugosus

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Ecology: slow-moving amphibious durophage

Distribution:

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

Total: 29 collections including 34 occurrences

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