Placodus inexpectatus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Superordo: †Sauropterygia
Ordo: Placodontia
Superfamilia: Placodontoidea
Familia: Placodontidae
Genus: †Placodus
Species: P. inexpectatus

Name

Placodus inexpectatus Jiang, 2008

Type locality

Pelsonian/Anisian, Middle Triassic; Upper Member, Guanling Formation; Yangjuan Village, Xinmin District, Panxian County, Guizhou Province, China.

Type material

• Holotype: Geological Museum of Peking University, Beijing GMPKU-P-1054

References

Jiang, Da-Yong, et al 2008; "First Record of Placodontoidea (Reptilia, Sauropterygia, Placodontia) from the Eastern Tethys" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (3):904–908