Genus
Valid Extinct

Placochelys

Jaekel 1902

Placochelys is an extinct genus of placodont reptiles erected by Otto Jaekel in 1902.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
Placochelys
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Restored Placochelys placodonta skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. © FunkMonk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Placochelys
Placochelys
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Placodontia Order
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Cyamodontoidea Suborder
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Placochelyida Unranked clade
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Placochelys Genus
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇮🇹 Italy
2
🇦🇹 Austria
2
🇭🇺 Hungary
1
Geological formations
Gorno
1
Hauptdolomit
1
Kössener Schichten
1
Veszprém Marl
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Rhaetian (205.7–201.4 Ma)
1
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
2
Species (3)
Placochelys alpissordidae
Placochelys placodonta 237 Ma
Placodus placodonta subjective synonym of Placochelys placodonta 237 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
J. J., Jr. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Bibliography (5)
O. Rieppel. 2001. The cranial anatomy of Placochelys placodonta Jaekel, 1902, and a review of the Cyamodontoidea (Reptilia, Placodonta). Fieldiana: Geology, new series 45:1-104 DOI ↗
S. Nosotti. 1986. Denti di rettili placodonti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 127(3-4):237-244
H. Zapfe. 1976. Ein großer Ichthyosaurier aus den Kössener Schichten der Nordalpen. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 80:239-250
M. L. Z. Stolfa. 1975. Resti fossili di rettili nel Raibliano delle Alpi Carniche. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana 94(5):1079-1081
G. Rosenberg. 1935. Ein Placodontier-Zahn aus dem Hauptdolomit der niederösterreichischen Kalkalpen. (A tooth of Placodontidae from the Hauptdolomit in the niederösterreichic Kalkalpes). Verhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Wien), Vienna 4:54-58