Placochelys

Placochelys
Temporal range: Late Triassic (Norian to Rhaetian),
221.5–205.6 Ma
Restored Placochelys placodonta skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: †Sauropterygia
Order: †Placodontia
Family: †Placochelyidae
Genus: †Placochelys
Jaekel, 1902

Placochelys (from Greek: plax, plakos, "plate" and Greek: chelys, "tortoise")[1] is an extinct genus of placodont reptiles erected by Otto Jaekel in 1902.

  1. ^ Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris); Knight, Charles Robert (1951). The dinosaur book: the ruling reptiles and their relatives. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 153.