Reptilia - Placodontia - Placodontidae
Full reference: D.- Y. Jiang, R. Motani, W.-C. Hao, O. Rieppel, Y.-L. Sun, L. Schmitz, and Z.-Y. Sun. 2008. First record of Placodontoidea (Reptilia, Sauropterygia, Placodonta) from the Eastern Tethys. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):904-908
Belongs to Placodus according to D.- Y. Jiang et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Crurosaurus problematicus, Placodus aethiops, Placodus andriani, Placodus angustus, Placodus bathygnathus, Placodus bombidens, Placodus duplicatus, Placodus gigas, Placodus gracilis, Placodus impressus, Placodus pachygnathus, Placodus rugosus
Type specimen: GMPKU-P-1054, a skeleton. Its type locality is Yangjuan Village, Xinmin District, which is in a Pelsonian marine horizon in the Guanling Formation of China.
Ecology: slow-moving amphibious durophage
Distribution: found only at Yangjuan Village, Xinmin District
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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