†family Placodontidae Cope 1871 (placodont)
Reptilia - Placodontia - Placodontidae
Parent taxon: Placodontoidea according to O. Rieppel 1995
See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Jaekel 1910, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1971 and Rieppel 2000
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Chelyoposuchinae Placodus
Ecology: slow-moving amphibious durophage
Distribution: