Taxonavigation
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Division: Archelosauria
Division: Pan-Testudines
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