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Macroplacus
Taxonomy
Macroplacus was named by Schubert and Klempnauer (1975).
It was assigned to Cyamodontoidea by Rieppel and Hagdorn (1999); to Macroplacidae by Rieppel (2000); and to Placochelyida by Rieppel (2001).
It was assigned to Cyamodontoidea by Rieppel and Hagdorn (1999); to Macroplacidae by Rieppel (2000); and to Placochelyida by Rieppel (2001).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1975 | Macroplacus Schubert and Klempnauer |
| 1999 | Macroplacus Rieppel and Hagdorn p. 381 |
| 2000 | Macroplacus Rieppel |
| 2001 | Macroplacus Rieppel pp. 63-68, 78 |
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G. †Macroplacus Schubert and Klempnauer 1975
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†Macroplacus raeticus Schubert and Klempnauer 1975
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| O. Rieppel 2001 | Posterior palatine tooth plates hypertrophied; posterior (nasal) processes of the premaxillaries enlarged and extending backward to reach the frontal, thereby separating the nasals from one another (convergent in Psephoderma); posttemporal fossae greatly reduced; a foramen piercing the shaft of the quadrate just above the mandibular condyle. |