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Placochelyidae

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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.

Genus

References

  1. "Placochelyidae". FossilWorks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Sauropterygia
Sauropsida
Sauropterygia
    • see below↓
Sauropterygia
Sauropterygia
Helveticosauridae?
Saurosphargidae
Placodontia
Cyamodontoidea
Eosauropterygia
    • see below↓
Helveticosaurus zollingeri Placochelys placodonta
Eosauropterygia
Eosauropterygia
Pachypleurosauria
Nothosauroidea
Simosauridae
Nothosauridae
Pistosauroidea
Plesiosauria
    • see below↓
Keichousaurus hui

Nothosaurus mirabilis

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

Attenborosaurus conybeari

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

Leptocleidus capensis

Elasmosaurus platyurus
Taxon identifiers
Placochelyidae


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