Species
Valid Extinct

Placodus gigas

Agassiz 1833

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
23
Group
Sauroptérygiens
durophage amphibious Marine
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Placodontia Order
Placodontoidea Superfamily
Placodontidae Family
Placodus Genus
Placodus gigas Species
Fossil sites 23 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
20
🇵🇱 Poland
2
🇮🇹 Italy
1
Geological formations
Jena
3
Muschelkalk
1
Calcare di Recoaro
1
Trochitenkalk
1
Temporal distribution
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
12
Anisian (247–241.464 Ma)
11
Synonyms (5)
Anomosaurus strunzi subjective synonym of Placodus gigas
Omphalosaurus peyeri subjective synonym of Placodus gigas
Placodus antiquior subjective synonym of Placodus gigas
Placodus hypsiceps subjective synonym of Placodus gigas
Placodus quinmolaris subjective synonym of Placodus gigas
Bibliography
Original description
L. Agassiz. 1833. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (1re livraison) DOI ↗
Bibliography (5)
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 ↗
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 ↗