Placodus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Placodus (from Greek: plax, plakos, "a plate" and Greek: odous, "tooth")[1] is an extinct genus of marine reptiles belonging to the order Placodontia, which swam in the shallow seas of the middle Triassic period (c. 240 million years ago). Fossils of Placodus have been found in Central Europe (Germany, France, Poland) and China.
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Placodus | |
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Placodus gigas | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Placodontia |
Family: | †Placodontidae Cope, 1871 |
Genus: | †Placodus Agassiz, 1833 |
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