Placodontia (extinct order)

Esquema

Getty AAT: Living organisms

Jerarquía

Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Reptilia (class) > Diapsida (subclass)

Descripción

Extinct order of fossil marine reptiles having a stout, sometimes armoured body and large flat palatal teeth, thought to have been used for crushing mollusc shells dating to the Triassic.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300310271

Otros términos

  • placodonts [en]
  • placodont [en]