Placodus
Sign in to savePlacodus (from , "a plate" and , "tooth") 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 (Germany, France, Poland) and China.
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Placodus (from , "a plate" and , "tooth") 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 (Germany, France, Poland) and China.
==Palaeobiology== thumb|left|Restoration thumb|right|Skull (AMNH 4985) thumb|left|upright|Under surface of the upper jaw and palate of Placodus gigas
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