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Placosaurus rugosus

Reptilia - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Placosaurus rugosus was named by Gervais (1852). Its type specimen is MNHN 1906-25, a partial skull (nearly complete, fused frontal, dorsally covered with hexagonal cephalic osteoderms that are sub-equal in size, missing the right posterior corner, with left pr), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Debruge, which is in a Priabonian mire/swamp marl in France. It is the type species of Placosaurus.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Sullivan (1979).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Placosaurus rugosus Gervais
1859Placosaurus rugosus Gervais p. 457
1902Placosaurus rugosus Hay p. 473
1930Placosaurus rugosus Hay p. 248
2006Placosaurus rugosus Sullivan and Augé

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyAnguidaeGray 1825
subfamilyGlyptosaurinaeMarsh 1872
genusPlacosaurus
speciesrugosus

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.

†Placosaurus rugosus Gervais 1852
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-23 14:40:23
Modified: 2005-09-23 16:40:23
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Head 2005, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Placosaurus rugosus (31745)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Placosaurus rugosus (type locality: 31747)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.71 - 15.98France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Placosaurus rugosus (179194)