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Placodontoidea
Taxonomy
Placodontoidea was named by Nopcsa (1923).
It was reranked as the suborder Placodontoidea by Rieppel (2000).
It was assigned to Placodontia by Rieppel (1995); and to Placodontia by Rieppel (2000).
It was reranked as the suborder Placodontoidea by Rieppel (2000).
It was assigned to Placodontia by Rieppel (1995); and to Placodontia by Rieppel (2000).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Superfm. †Placodontoidea Nopcsa 1923
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Fm. †Placodontidae Cope 1871
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G. †Placodus Agassiz 1833
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†Placodus duplicatus Fraas 1896
†Placodus gigas Agassiz 1833
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Invalid names: Anomosaurus strunzi Huene 1905 [synonym], Omphalosaurus peyeri Maisch and Lehmann 2002 [synonym], Placodus antiquior Huene 1936 [synonym], Placodus hypsiceps Meyer 1863 [synonym], Placodus quinmolaris Braun 1863 [synonym]
†Placodus inexpectatus Jiang et al. 2008
Invalid names: Anomosaurus Huene 1902 [synonym], Crurosaurus Huene 1902 [synonym], Crurosaurus problematicus Huene 1902 [nomen dubium], Placodus aethiops Meyer 1863 [nomen nudum], Placodus andriani Agassiz 1839 [nomen dubium], Placodus angustus Meyer 1863 [nomen nudum], Placodus bathygnathus Owen 1859 [nomen dubium], Placodus bombidens Owen 1858 [nomen dubium], Placodus gracilis Jurcsak 1976 [nomen dubium], Placodus impressus Agassiz 1833 [nomen dubium], Placodus pachygnathus Owen 1859 [nomen dubium], Placodus rugosus Meyer 1863 [nomen nudum]
Invalid names: Chelyoposuchinae Kuhn 1946 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (30 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Olenekian - Anisian | Israel | Placodus sp. (63904) | |
| Anisian | Netherlands (Gelderland) | Placodus sp. (96875) | |
| Anisian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Placodus gigas, Placodus antiquior (138123) | |
| Anisian | Germany (Bayern) | Placodus gigas (138136) | |
| Anisian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Placodus gigas (138135) | |
| Anisian | Germany | Omphalosaurus peyeri (138116) Placodus gigas (59960 138090 138134) | |
| Anisian | Poland | Placodus sp. (63538) | |
| Illyrian | Israel | Placodus sp. (63945) | |
| Pelsonian | Italy (Trentino) | Placodus gigas (99307) | |
| Pelsonian | China (Guizhou) | Placodus inexpectatus (103987) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | Germany | Placodus gigas (131730) | |
| Middle Triassic | Germany (Bayern) | Placodus gigas, Placodus andriani, Placodus pachygnathus, Placodus bathygnathus (105334) | |
| Middle Triassic | Israel | Placodontidae indet. (28400) | |
| Ladinian | Poland | Placodus gigas (138137 138138) | |
| Ladinian | Germany | Placodus gigas (59927 138096 138131 138132 138133 138139 138140) | |
| Ladinian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Placodus gigas (138084) | |
| Ladinian | Germany (Bavaria) | Placodus sp., Placodus gigas (138087) | |
| Ladinian | Germany (Thuringia) | Placodus gigas (138101) | |
| Fassanian | Israel | Placodus sp. (63949) | |
| Carnian | Germany | Placodus sp. (206009) |