Paraplacodus
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paraplacodus-245-4192590
title:
Paraplacodus
text:
Paraplacodus broilii is an extinct placodont sauropterygian from the middle Triassic period, from the Anisian until Ladinian stages. The fossils were uncovered in Northern Italy and the species was named in 1931 by Bernhard Peyer. Paraplacodus means "Almost Placodus", in reference to its similarity to Placodus. Like the majority of described placodonts, Paraplacodus was an aquatic reptile that fed almost exclusively on shellfish. Most known Placodont species can be divided into two groups - the
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of reptiles
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraplacodus
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date modified:
2024-03-31T19:04:37Z
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