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Placodus gigas

Reptilia - Placodontia - Placodontidae

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
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Placodus gigas Agassiz p. 15
1839Placodus gigas Agassiz figs. Pl 70, figs 14-21
1843Placodus gigas Agassiz p. 218
1859Placodus gigas Owen p. 145
1861Placodus gigas Owen p. 238
1863Placodus quinmolaris Braun
1863Placodus hypsicephalus Braun p. 10
1863Placodus hypsiceps Meyer
1869Placodus gigas Seeley p. 135
1905Anomosaurus strunzi Huene p. 331 figs. Figs 1-13; Plates 5-7
1936Placodus antiquior Huene p. 149 figs. Fig. 1
1971Placodus antiquior Kuhn p. 20
1971Placodus gigas Kuhn p. 20
1990Placodus antiquior Pinna p. 149 figs. Fig. 1
1994Placodus gigas Rieppel p. 41 fig. 41
1995Placodus gigas Rieppel pp. 2-3, 5
2002Omphalosaurus peyeri Maisch and Lehmann

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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
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlacodontiaCope 1871
superfamilyPlacodontoideaNopcsa 1923
familyPlacodontidaeCope 1871
genusPlacodus
speciesgigas

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