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placodont

fossil reptile order
Also known as: Placodontia

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  • Placodus.
    In sauropterygian

    Most paleontologists consider the placodonts of the Middle Triassic Period (246 million to 229 million years ago) to be a subgroup of Sauropterygia. Their bodies were structurally similar to those of nothosaurs but more compact. Placodus was a typical form, having broad, flat tooth plates for crushing the mollusks…

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  • painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
    In reptile: Annotated classification

    †Order Placodontia (placodonts) Lower to Upper Triassic. Aquatic seallike reptiles with long tails and short limbs not modified as paddles; total length typically less than 2 metres (about 7 feet). Head often large with broad flattened jaw and palate teeth, likely for crushing mollusks. Skull with large…

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