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Placodus gigas
Taxonomy
Placodus gigas was named by Agassiz (1833). Its type specimen is BSP AS VII 1208, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1833 | Placodus gigas Agassiz p. 15 |
| 1839 | Placodus gigas Agassiz figs. Pl 70, figs 14-21 |
| 1843 | Placodus gigas Agassiz p. 218 |
| 1859 | Placodus gigas Owen p. 145 |
| 1861 | Placodus gigas Owen p. 238 |
| 1863 | Placodus quinmolaris Braun |
| 1863 | Placodus hypsicephalus Braun p. 10 |
| 1863 | Placodus hypsiceps Meyer |
| 1869 | Placodus gigas Seeley p. 135 |
| 1905 | Anomosaurus strunzi Huene p. 331 figs. Figs 1-13; Plates 5-7 |
| 1936 | Placodus antiquior Huene p. 149 figs. Fig. 1 |
| 1971 | Placodus antiquior Kuhn p. 20 |
| 1971 | Placodus gigas Kuhn p. 20 |
| 1990 | Placodus antiquior Pinna p. 149 figs. Fig. 1 |
| 1994 | Placodus gigas Rieppel p. 41 fig. 41 |
| 1995 | Placodus gigas Rieppel pp. 2-3, 5 |
| 2002 | Omphalosaurus peyeri Maisch and Lehmann |
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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.
†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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subo = suborder, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Anisian | Germany | Omphalosaurus peyeri (138116) Placodus gigas (59960 138090 138134) | |
| Anisian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Placodus gigas (138135) | |
| Anisian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Placodus gigas, Placodus antiquior (138123) | |
| Anisian | Germany (Bayern) | Placodus gigas (138136) | |
| Pelsonian | Italy (Trentino) | Placodus gigas (99307) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | Germany | Placodus gigas (131730) | |
| Middle Triassic | Germany (Bayern) | Placodus gigas (105334) | |
| Ladinian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Placodus gigas (138084) | |
| Ladinian | Germany | Placodus gigas (59927 138096 138131 138132 138133 138139 138140) | |
| Ladinian | Germany (Bavaria) | Placodus gigas (138087) | |
| Ladinian | Germany (Thuringia) | Placodus gigas (138101) | |
| Ladinian | Poland | Placodus gigas (138137 138138) |