†Placodus Agassiz 1843 (placodont)
Reptilia - Sauropterygia - Placodontidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 36538
Synonym: Anomosaurus Huene 1902 (taxon 162597)
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel xxxii-188
Parent taxon: Placodontidae according to O. Rieppel 1995
Sister taxa: Chelyoposuchinae, Henodontinae
Subtaxa: Placodus aethiops, Placodus andriani, Placodus angustus, Placodus bathygnathus, Placodus bombidens, Placodus duplicatus, Placodus gigas, Placodus gracilis, Placodus impressus, Placodus inexpectatus, Placodus pachygnathus, Placodus rugosus
Ecology: slow-moving amphibious durophage