Placodus (from Greek: plax, plakos, "a plate" and Greek: odous, "tooth") [1] is an extinct genus of marine reptiles belonging to the order Placodontia, which swam in the shallow seas of the …

The placodonts can be divided into two morphotypes: the unarmoured ‘placodontoids’, which resembled reptilian sea cows and lacked a carapace but often had a series of osteoderms …

Fossilized remains are most common in deposits of the Jurassic Period (200 million to 146 million years ago) in England and Germany and of the Late Cretaceous in the United States. …

Jan 19, 2014 · Placodus is one of the most often represented reptiles of the placodont group,‭ ‬and the most common of the‭ ‘‬unarmoured‭’ ‬variety that seemed to be similar to marine iguanas.‭ …

Mar 27, 2013 · Here we report a new, exceptionally preserved skull of a juvenile stem placodont from the early Middle Triassic of the Netherlands, thus indicating a western Tethyan …

Placodonts (" tablet teeth ") are an extinct order of marine reptiles that lived during the Triassic period, becoming extinct at the end of the period. They were part of Sauropterygia, the group …

Dec 10, 2023 · Placodonts were marine reptiles that graced the world’s oceans during the Triassic period, some 246 million to 229 million years ago. These creatures had a distinctive physique, …

Placodus (meaning 'flat tooth') was a genus of marine reptiles, belonging to the order Placodontia, which swam in the shallow seas of the middle Triassic period (c. 240 million years ago). …

Placodus (meaning 'flat tooth') was a genus of marine reptiles, belonging to the order Placodontia, which swam in the shallow seas of the middle Triassic period (c. 240 million years ago). …

Placodus (meaning 'flat tooth') was a genus of marine reptiles, belonging to the order Placodontia, which swam in the shallow seas of the middle Triassic period (c. 240 million years ago). …