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Macroplacus raeticus

Reptilia - Placodontia

Taxonomy
Macroplacus raeticus was named by Schubert and Klempnauer (1975). Its type specimen is BSP 1967 I 324, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hinterstein near Hindelang im Allgäu, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in the Koessen Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Macroplacus raeticus Schubert and Klempnauer
2001Macroplacus raeticus Rieppel pp. 49-56 fig. 26

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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
suborderCyamodontoideaNopcsa 1923
—PlacochelyidaRomer 1956
genusMacroplacusSchubert and Klempnauer 1975
speciesraeticusSchubert and Klempnauer 1975

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.

†Macroplacus raeticus Schubert and Klempnauer 1975
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Rieppel 2001Same as for genus [Macroplacus], of which this is the only known species.