Prehistoric Models: Placodonts

Placodontia meaning “tablet teeth” are Triassic age marine reptiles that are classified as Sauropterygia meaning “lizard flippers”, related to plesiosaurs and pliosaurs. Placodonts have been found in China, Europe, Middle East, and North Africa. Fossil remains show Placodonts were generally three to six feet long, with the largest being a little under ten feet in length.

Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Chordata – Superclass: Tetrapoda – Class: Reptilia – Clade: Diapsida – Clade: Sauropterygia – Clade: Placodontia – Family: Henondontidae

(placodonts)

Middle to Late Triassic Period

 

Genus: Henodus “single tooth
Genus pronounced: Hen-oh-dus
Species: H. chelyops (type)
Named by: Friedrich von Huene – 1936
Classification: Family: Henondontidae
Time: Triassic (Carnian)
Locality: Europe: Guermany
Size: 1 meters long
Diet: Shellfish
 

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