Family
Valid Extinct

Placodontidae

Cope 1871

Placodus is an extinct genus of marine reptiles belonging to the order Placodontia, which swam in the shallow seas of the middle Triassic period. Fossils of Placodus have been found in Central Europe and China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
35
Group
Sauroptérygiens
durophage amphibious Marine
Placodontidae
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fossil of placodus © Ghedoghedo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Placodontia Order
Placodontoidea Superfamily
Placodontidae Family
Fossil sites 35 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
25
🇮🇱 Israel
4
🇵🇱 Poland
3
🇳🇱 Netherlands
1
🇮🇹 Italy
1
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Jena
3
Muschelkalk
2
Wellenkalk
1
Vossenveld
1
Calcare di Recoaro
1
Guanling
1
Trochitenkalk
1
Raibl
1
Temporal distribution
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
1
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
14
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
20
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution.
Bibliography (12)
C. Bickelmann and P. M. Sander. 2008. A partial skeleton and isolated humeri of Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Eosauropterygia) from Winterswijk, The Netherlands. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):326-338 DOI ↗
D.- Y. Jiang, R. Motani, and W.-C. Hao, O. Rieppel, Y.-L. Sun, L. Schmitz, Z.-Y. Sun. 2008. First record of Placodontoidea (Reptilia, Sauropterygia, Placodonta) from the Eastern Tethys. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):904-908 DOI ↗
M. Dalla Vecchia and M. Avanzini. 2002. New findings of isolated remains of Triassic reptiles from Northeastern Italy. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 42(2-3):215-235
M. W. Maisch and J. Lehmann. 2002. A new basal omphalosaurid from the Middle Triassic of Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte (9):513-525 DOI ↗
O. Rieppel. 1995. The genus Placodus: systematics, morphology, paleobiogeography, and paleobiology. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 31:1-44 DOI ↗
O. Rieppel. 1994. Osteology of Simosaurus gaillardoti and the relationships of stem-group Sauropterygia. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 28:1-85 DOI ↗
G. Haas. 1967. On the vertebral centra of nothosaurs and placodonts from the Muschelkalk of Wadi Ramon, Negev, Israel. Problemes Actuels de Paleontologies 163:329-333
F. Brotzen. 1956. Stratigraphical studies on the Triassic vertebrate fossils from Wadi Raman, Israel. Arkiv foer Mineralogi och Geologi 2(9):191-217
M. Lang and F. v. Huene. 1952. Die Saurier Thüringens nach Erhebungen ihres centralen Betreuters Dr. med. u. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern† [The Dinosaurs of Thuringia after Surveys of Their Central Supervisor M.D. and Dr. Nat. Sci. Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern†] DOI ↗
P. Assmann. 1914. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Stratigraphie des oberschlesischen Muschelkalk. Jahrbuch der königlich preussischen geologischen Landesanstalt zu Berlin 34(1):268-340
S. von Wöhrmann. 1889. Die Fauna der sogenannten Cardita- und Raibler-Schichten in den Nordtiroler und bayerischen Alpen. Jahrbuch des kaiserlich-königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt, Wein 39:181-258
R. Owen. 1859. Description of the skull and teeth of the Placodus laticeps, Ow, with indications of other new species of Placodus, and evidence of the saurian nature of that extinct genus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 9:157-159