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Paraplacodus

Reptilia - Placodontia - Paraplacodontidae

Taxonomy
Paraplacodus was named by Peyer (1931) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-u Tr Ladi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 940].

It was assigned to Placodontidae by Kuhn (1971), Carroll (1988); to Paraplacodontidae by Rieppel (2000), Rieppel (2000); and to Placodontia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. broilii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Paraplacodus Peyer
1971Paraplacodus Kuhn p. 20
1988Paraplacodus Carroll
2000Paraplacodus Rieppel
2002Paraplacodus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlacodontiaCope 1871
familyParaplacodontidaePeyer and Kuhn-Schnyder 1955
genusParaplacodusPeyer 1931

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.

G. †Paraplacodus Peyer 1931
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†Paraplacodus broilii Peyer 1931
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Rieppel 2000Three long, pointed and strongly procumbent teeth on each premaxilla; seven hemispheric maxillary teeth; dermatocranial cheek region strongly excavated, jugal L-shaped; quadratojugal absent; postfrontal extending far anteriorly along dorsal margin of orbit; two elongated, pointed and strongly procumbent anterior dentary teeth followed by seven hemispheric teeth; low coronoid process with the coronoid exposed in lateral view; dorsal ribs with distinct, fan-shaped and overlapping uncinate processes; ilium with narrow and tall dorsal process; osteoderms absent.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Lombardia) P. broilii (37323)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Switzerland (Kanton Tessin) P. broilii (86837)