Placodontiformes

Placodontiforms
Temporal range: Middle - Late Triassic,
Skeleton of the placodontian placodontiform Henodus chelyops
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: †Sauropterygia
Clade: †Placodontiformes
Neenan et al., 2013
Subgroups

Placodontiformes is an extinct clade of sauropterygian marine reptiles that includes placodonts and the non-placodont Palatodonta. It was erected in 2013 with the description of Palatodonta. Placodontiformes is the most basal clade of Sauropterygia and the sister group of Eosauropterygia, which includes all other sauropterygians.

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