Placerias Lucas 1904 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Stahleckeriidae

Synonym: Azarifeneria Dutuit 1989

Full reference: F. A. Lucas. 1904. A new batrachian and a new reptile from the Trias of Arizona. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 27:193-195

Parent taxon: Placeriinae according to C. F. Kammerer et al. 2013

See also Carroll 1988, Cox 1965, Dutuit 1989, Hay 1930, King 1988, Long and Murry 1995 and Lucas and Wild 1995

Sister taxa: Lisowicia, Moghreberia, Pentasaurus, Zambiasaurus

Subtaxa: Placerias hesternus

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Type: Placerias hesternus

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (13: Arizona, North Carolina collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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