Name - Placodus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1018013 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Placodus Agassiz 1833

• Placodus Agassiz 1842

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Contribution de l'histologie osseuse a l'interpretation paleobiologique du genre Placodus Agassiz, 1833 (Reptilia, Placodontia).
• Tooth implantation and replacement in Sauropterygia.
• New findings of isolated remains of Triassic reptiles from Northeastern Italy.
• Palaeoecology of Placodus gigas (Reptilia) and other placodontids - Middle Triassic macroalgae feeders in the Germanic Basin of central Europe - and evidence for convergent evolution with Sirenia.
• Tooth occlusal morphology in the durophagous marine reptiles, Placodontia (Reptilia: Sauropterygia).

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