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.
^Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris); Knight, Charles Robert (1951). The dinosaur book: the ruling reptiles and their relatives. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 153.
million years ago). Fossils of Placodus have been found in Central Europe (Germany, France, Poland) and China. Placodus had a stocky body with a long tail...
"Description of the skull and teeth of the Placodus laticeps, Owen, with indications of other new species of Placodus, and evidence of the saurian nature of...
1931 by Bernhard Peyer. Paraplacodus means "Almost Placodus", in reference to its similarity to Placodus. Like the majority of described placodonts, Paraplacodus...
later found in other parts of Central Europe: the "flat tooth lizard", Placodus and the "false lizard", Nothosaurus. In Franconia's middle Keuper (the...
Broili, 1910–11). Zur Osteologie des Schädels von Placodus, 1912 – The osteology of the skull of Placodus. Die permischen Brachiopoden von Timor, 1916 –...
"Description of the skull and teeth of the Placodus laticeps, Owen, with indications of other new species of Placodus, and evidence of the saurian nature of...
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