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Placodus

Reptilia - Placodontia - Placodontidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Placodus impressus Agassiz
1833Placodus Agassiz p. 15
1833Placodus impressus Agassiz p. 15
1839Placodus andriani Agassiz figs. Pl 70, figs 8-13
1839Placodus impressus Agassiz figs. Pl 70, figs 1-7
1843Placodus andriani Agassiz p. 219
1843Placodus impressus Agassiz p. 222
1858Placodus bombidens Owen figs. Plate 9, figs 3-6
1859Placodus Owen p. 145
1859Placodus andriani Owen p. 145
1859Placodus bathygnathus Owen p. 159
1859Placodus pachygnathus Owen p. 159 figs. Plate 10, figs 6-7
1860Placodus Owen p. 216
1861Placodus Owen p. 236
1861Placodus andriani Owen p. 237
1863Placodus impressus Braun
1863Placodus aethiops Meyer p. 180 figs. Plate 4 caption
1863Placodus angustus Meyer p. 180
1863Placodus rugosus Meyer p. 180
1869Placodus andriani Seeley p. 135
1869Placodus impressus Seeley p. 135
1871Placodus Cope p. 235
1875Placodus Cope p. 14
1902Anomosaurus Huene
1902Crurosaurus Huene
1902Crurosaurus problematicus Huene p. 23
1902Anomosaurus Huene p. 33
1907Placodus aethiopi Jaekel
1971Placodus Kuhn p. 20
1971Placodus impressus Kuhn p. 20
1976Placodus gracilis Jurcsak
1988Placodus Carroll
1995Placodus Rieppel p. 2
2000Placodus Rieppel
2002Placodus Sepkoski

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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

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. †Placodus Agassiz 1833
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Placodus duplicatus Fraas 1896
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]
Placodus inexpectatus Jiang et al. 2008
Invalid names: Anomosaurus Huene 1902 [synonym], Crurosaurus Huene 1902 [synonym], Crurosaurus problematicus Huene 1902 [nomen dubium], Placodus aethiops Meyer 1863 [nomen nudum], Placodus andriani Agassiz 1839 [nomen dubium], Placodus angustus Meyer 1863 [nomen nudum], Placodus bathygnathus Owen 1859 [nomen dubium], Placodus bombidens Owen 1858 [nomen dubium], Placodus gracilis Jurcsak 1976 [nomen dubium], Placodus impressus Agassiz 1833 [nomen dubium], Placodus pachygnathus Owen 1859 [nomen dubium], Placodus rugosus Meyer 1863 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: durophagef
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-22 03:21:16
Modified: 2010-01-22 05:21:16
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Fassanian or 247.20000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Israel P. sp. (63904)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland P. sp. (63538)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Bayern) P. gigas (138136)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Netherlands (Gelderland) P. sp. (96875)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. gigas (138135)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) P. gigas, P. antiquior (138123)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany Omphalosaurus peyeri (138116) P. gigas (59960 138090 138134)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Israel P. sp. (63945)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Trentino) P. gigas (99307)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) P. inexpectatus (103987)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Germany P. gigas (131730)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Germany (Bayern) P. gigas, P. andriani, P. pachygnathus, P. bathygnathus (105334)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Poland P. gigas (138137 138138)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. gigas (138084)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Germany (Thuringia) P. gigas (138101)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Germany P. gigas (59927 138096 138131 138132 138133 138139 138140)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Germany (Bavaria) P. sp., P. gigas (138087)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Israel P. sp. (63949)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany P. sp. (206009)