Placochelyidae

Extinct family of reptiles

Placochelyidae
Temporal range: Mid to Late Triassic
Restored Placochelys placodonta skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Placodontia
Superfamily: Cyamodontoidea
Family: Placochelyidae
Jaekel, 1910

Placochelyidae is an extinct family of placodonts belonging to the superfamily Cyamodontoidea.[1]

Genus

  • Glyphoderma
  • Placochelys
  • Psephosauriscus
  • Psephochelys
  • Psephoderma

References

  1. ^ "Placochelyidae". FossilWorks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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Sauropterygia
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Sauropsida
  • Subclass: Diapsida
  • Clade: Neodiapsida
Sauropsida
    • see Sauropsida
Sauropterygia
    • see below↓
Helveticosauridae?
Saurosphargidae?
Placodontia
Cyamodontoidea
Eosauropterygia
    • see below↓
Helveticosaurus zollingeri Placochelys placodonta
Pachypleurosauria
Nothosauroidea
Simosauridae
Nothosauridae
Pistosauroidea
Plesiosauria
    • see below↓
Keichousaurus hui

Nothosaurus mirabilis

Pistosaurus longaevus
Rhomaleosauridae
Pliosauridae
Thalassophonea
Brachaucheninae
Plesiosauroidea
Microcleididae
Cryptoclidia
    • see below↓
Macroplata tenuiceps

Attenborosaurus conybeari

Hydrorion brachypterygius
Cryptoclididae
Colymbosaurinae
Cryptoclidinae
Muraenosaurinae
Leptocleidia
Leptocleididae
Polycotylidae
Palmulasaurinae
Occultonectia
Polycotylinae
Dolichorhynchia
Euelasmosaurida
Elasmosaurinae
Weddellonectia
Aristonectinae
Cryptoclidus eurymerus

Leptocleidus capensis

Elasmosaurus platyurus
Taxon identifiers
Placochelyidae


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