Species: gigas AGASSIZ, 1833
Etymology:
Holotype: BSP AS VII 1208
Locality: Laineck, Oschenberg near East Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Bindlach Formation, Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: Atavus-evolutus biozones.
Age: Upper Illyrian, middle Ansian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material: Skull.
Paratype: SMF 1035:
Locality: Steinsfut, Baden-Württenberg State, southern Germany.
Horizon: Meißner Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Tonplatten facies, compressus-nodosus biozones.
Age: Lower Fassanian Sub Stage, Early Ladian Stage, Middle Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material: Fragmentary skull and nearly complete skeleton (DREVERMANN, 1933).
Skull modifed from Broili; A) dorsal; B) lateral; C) ventral and D) anterior views.
Skeleton modified from Broili.
Referred material:
CORROY, 1928
Locality: Lorraine, France.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: Teeth, and skull fragments.
= Placodus cf. P. gigas DALLA VECCHIA & AVANZINI, 2002
Locality: Leno Torrent, Vallarsa, near the village of Speccheri, Trento Province, Italy.
Horizon: Calcare di Recoaro.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
MTSN 3632: Tooth.
MTSN 3637: Partial tooth.
MTSN 3642: Tooth fragment.
MTSN 3630: Femur.
DIEDRICH, 2009
Locality: Bissendorf, Osnabrucker Bergland, Lower Saschen (Saxony) State, northwestern Germany.
Horizon: Meißner Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Anisian/Landinan Boundary, Mid Triasic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Coll.-No. Pal 327-527-531: 1 incomplete tooth and 1 tooth fragment, some incomplete ribs and possibly gastralia fragments.
DIEDRICH, 2013
Locality: Freyburg, Sachsen-Anhalt State, Germany.
Horizon: MuS Substage, Jena Formation, Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Pelsonian Substage, Middle Ansian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
Mb No. MB R. 538: lower posterior palatine tooth of a young individual.
MB no. R.1766: Fragmentary dentary.
MLU.IfG unnumbered: Large posterior palatine teeth of an early young individual.
MLU.IfG unnumbered: Fragmentary skull.
MLU.IfG no. 2007.aa: Gastralia.
Locality: Balgstädt, Germany.
Horizon: Jena Formation, Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Pelsonian Substage, Middle Ansian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
NME no. 39/62: Laterial gastral rib.
Locality: Freyburg, Sachsen-Anhalt State, Germany.
Horizon: MuS Substage, Jena Formation, Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Bithynian-Pelsonian Substage, Middle Ansian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
MB no. R. R10: Fragmentary dentary.
MB no. R.895: Fragmentary dentary.
MLU.IfG. no. 2007.17: Maxillarty tooth.
NME no. 10/24: Palatine fragment.
Locality: Rüdersdorf near Berlin, Brandenburg State, Germany.
Horizon: Jena Formation, Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Pelsonian Substage, Middle Ansian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
MB unnumbered: Large palatine tooth of a early young individual.
Mb unnumbered: Large posterior palatine teeth of an early young individual.
Locality: Schmerbitz, Germany.
Horizon: Jena Formation, Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Pelsonian Substage, Middle Ansian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
MLU.IfG unnumered: Posterior dorsal vertebra.
Locality: Bindlacher Berg, Bindlach near Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Bindlach Formation, Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: atavus-evolutus zone.
Age: Illyrian Substage, Lower Ansian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
NMB unnumbered: Left scapula.
SNSD no. 16254a: Left scapula.
SMF no. R2003: Middle dorsal vertebra.
SMF no. R2005: Dorsal osteoderm.
SMF no. R2006: Dorsal ostoderm.
SNSD no. 54552: Cervical vertebra.
SNSD no. 59825: Middle dorsal vertebra.
UM-O unnumber: Middle dorsal vertebra.
U-MO no. BT 672: Right femur of a medium sized individual.
U-MO BT 672.00: Right femur.
Locality: Bindlach near Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Bindlach Formation, Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: atavus-evolutus zone.
Age: Illyrian Substage, Lower Ansian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
BMNH no. R41096: Fragmentary skull. SMF no. R360 (cast BMNH N. R4016): Fragmentary skull.
SMF no. R.366: Paltine.
SMF no. R4162: Palatine.
SMF no. R5033: Palatine.
U-MO unnumbered: Fragmentary skull.
U-MO BT 13: Fragmentary skull.
U-MO no BT Bayr-77: Palatine fragment.
Locality: Bindlach or Laineck, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Bindlach Formation, Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: atavus-evolutus zone.
Age: Illyrian Substage, Lower Ansian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
MB unnumbered: 2 fragmentary dentaries.
NMB unnumbered: Fragmentary dentary.
NMB unnumbered: Anterior dentary tooth.
NMB unnumbered: Dentary tooth.
NMB unnumbered: Palatine tooth.
NMB unnumbered: Maxillary tooth.
SMF no. R29: Interclavicle.SMF no. R359: Fragmentary skull.
SMF no. R361: Fragmentary skull.
SMF no. R362: Fragmentary skull.
SMF no. r363: Fragmentary dentary.
SMF n. R.365: Fragmentary dentary.
SMF n. R.367: Fragmentary dentary.
SMF no. R.368: Fragentary dentary.
SMF no. R.378: Maxilla of a large individual.
SMF no. R492: Right palatine.
SMF no. R2020: Right ilium.
SMF no. R4038: Fragmentary skull of a maderately old individual.
Note: Pathologic.
SMF no. R4110: Fragmentary dentary.
SMF no. R4111: Fragmentary dentary.
SMF no. R4112: Fragmentary skull.
SMF no. R5031: Maxialla of a young individual.
SMF no. R5032: Fragmentary denary.
SMF no. R5033: Palatine.
SNSD unnumbered: Fragmentary skull.
U-MO unnumbered: 2 fragmentary skulls.
U-MO 5384a: Anterior premaxillary tooth fo an older individual.
U-MO 5384b: Anterior premaxillary tooth of a younger individual.
U-MO 5384c: Palatine tooth.
U-MO 5384d: Maxillary tooth.U-MO no BT 747: Fragmentary skull.
U-MO BT 5067.00: Fragmentary dentary.
UM.O no. BT 5090: Anterior premaxillary tooth.
U-MO BT 003075.00: Right maxilla.
Locality: Buda Sulza, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Buda Sulza Formation, Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: pulcher zone.
Age: Illyrian Substage, Lower Ansian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
MB no. R2057: Fragmentary dentary.
NME unnumbered: Anterior premaxillary tooth of an odler individual.
NME no. 78/235a: Palatine tooth.
NME no. 78/278: Fragmentary dentary.
Locality: Meinstorf, Germany.
Horizon: " Upper Muschelkalk."
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
MB unnumbered: Dentary tooth.
Locality: Ohrdruf, Germany.
Horizon: "Upper Muschelkalk."
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
MB no. R.454: Right humerus of a young individual.
Locality: Künzelsau-Garnberg, Germany.
Horizon: Meißner Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Fassanian Substage, Lower Landian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
MHI unnumbered: Anterior dentary tooth.
MNI 2024: Anterior premaxillary tooth.
Locality: "Bayreuth," Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Bindlach Formation, Muschelkalk.Biostratigraphy: Atavus-evolutus biozones.
Age: Upper Illyrian, middle Ansian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMF without no. R.275: Posteror cervical vertebra.
SMF wihtout no. R.2001: Middle cervical vertebra.
SMF without no. R.2001a: Anterior cervical vertebra.
SMF without no. R.2001b: Middle dorsal vertebra.
Locality: Hegnabrunn near Kulmbach, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Hegnabrunn Formation.
Biostratigraphy: evolutus-sublaevigatus zone.
Age: Fassian Substage, Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
SNSD no. 54583: Left humerus.
DIEDRICH, 2013
Locality: Bad Sulza, Thuringia State, Germany.
Horizon: Lower Bad Sulza Member, Bad Sulza Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: pulcher/atavus Biozone, ? beds.
Age: Middle Illyrian substage, Ansian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
NME no. 78/279: Anterior tooth.
NME no. 78/93/175: Dorsal vertebra.
Locality: Bad Sulza, Thuringia State, Germany.
Horizon: Lower Bad Sulza Member, Bad Sulza Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: pulcher Biozone, ? beds.
Age: Middle Illyrian substage, Ansian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
NME no. 78/235a, b, c, d: Palatal teeth.
NME no. 78/235e, f: Tooth fragments.
Locality: Bad Sulza, Thuringia State, Germany.
Horizon: Lower Bad Sulza Member, Bad Sulza Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: pulcher Biozone, Glauconite beds.
Age: Middle Illyrian substage, Ansian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
NME no. 78/235a-b: Skull part and counterpart.
NME no. 78/278: Lower jaw.
Locality: Bad Sulza, Thuringia State, Germany.
Horizon: Lower Bad Sulza Member, Bad Sulza Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: pulcher Biozone, Plagiostoma bed.
Age: Middle Illyrian substage, Ansian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
NME no. 78/232: Dorsal vertebra.
Locality: Bad Sulza, Thuringia State, Germany.
Horizon: Lower Bad Sulza Member, Bad Sulza Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: pulcher Biozone, Trochitenkalk bed 1.
Age: Middle Illyrian substage, Ansian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
MB unnumbred: Dorsal vertebra.
MB R.138/1: Dorsal vertebra centrum.
NME no. 78/277: Lower Jaw.
SHMBS 95: Fragmentary skull without dentition.
Locality: Bad Sulza, Thuringia State, Germany.
Horizon: Lower Bad Sulza Member, Bad Sulza Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: atavus Biozone, Oolite bed.
Age: Middle Illyrian substage, Ansian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
MB R.135: Gastral costa.
MB R.2821, ma. 455 Humeri.
MB R.2057: Lower jaw.
NME no. 78/280a: Denary tooth.
NME no. 78/280b: Palatal tooth.
NME no. 78/280c: Tooth fragment.
NME no. 78/280d: Palatal tooth.
Locality: Bad Sulza, Thuringia State, Germany.
Horizon: Lower Bad Sulza Member, Bad Sulza Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: atavus Biozone, Coenothyris beds.
Age: Middle Illyrian substage, Ansian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
NME no. 93/169: Dorsal vertebra.
HUENE
Locality: Steinsfurt near Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg Sate, Germany.
Horizon: Middle Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Frankfurter: Skull and skeleton.
HUENE, 1936
Locality: Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
Senkenberg-Museum, Frankfurt, R 4111: Fragmentary dentary.
JAEKEL
Locality: Laineck near Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: Fragmentary skull.
KLEIN, WINTRICH, HAGDORN, SPILLER, WINKELHORST, GORIS, & SCHEYER, 2022
Locality: Winterswijk, The Netherlands.
Horizon: Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early Middle Anisian Stage, Early Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.
Material:
MFW 20784, RGM.1333565: Denatries.
Locality: Hünfeld, Hesse State, Germany.
Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Anisian Stage, Early Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.
Material:
MHI 2179: Dentary.
LYDEKKER, 1889
Locality: Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
BMNH 41139: Imperfect cranium.
BMNH 33071: Fragment of the left side of the posterior half of a plate.
BMNH R1642: Part of a right maxilla.
BMNH 32781: Portion of a maxilla.
BMNH 33070: Imperfect posterior portion of a similar left mandibular
ramus.BMNH 32781a: Fragment of the left ramus of a rather larger mandible.
BMNH 1323: A large palatine tooth.
BMNH 32781c: A large imperfect palatine of mandibular tooth.
BMNH 32781d: A palatine or mandibular tooth.
BMNH 32781e: A palatine or mandibular tooth.
BMNH 32781f: The crowns of a number of teeth belonging either to the premaxillae or the symphysis of the mandible.
BMNH 1332: A palatine or mandibular tooth.
BMNH 35680: A palatine or mandibular tooth.
Locality: Luneville, Meurth-et-Moselle Department, France.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
BMNH 48204: The crowns of a number of anterior teeth.
MEYER, 1863
Locality: Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: Fragmentary skull.
Number: Not given: Fragmentary skull.
Number: Not given: Skull missing the anterior tip.
Number: Not given: Fragmentary skull.
Number: Not given: Fragmentary skull.
Number: Not given: Fragmentary skull.
NOSOTTI & PINNA
Locality: Laineck, East Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: Fragmentary dentary.
Number: Not given: 5 teeth.
Number: Not given: Palatine teeth.
Locality: Zwetzen, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: 5 anterior teeth.
Number: Not given: 4 palatal teeth.
Locality: Leinecker Berge, Germany.Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: Fragmentary skull.
cf. gigas
Locality: Zwetzen, Germany.
Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: 1 anterior tooth.
Number: Not given: 1 palatine tooth.
Locality: Larischhof, Germany.Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: 1 anterior tooth.
PATON, 1975
Locality: Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
RSM: 1 tooth.
RIEPPEL, 1994
Locality: Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
BSP AS VII 1209: Lower Jaw.
SMF 359: Skull with partial brain case. (BROILI, 1912).
SMF 4162: Partial skull.
RIEPPEL, 1995
Locality: Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
BSP AS VII 1211: Skull.
BT 12, BA Tr 43: Skull.
BSP 360, 366, 4038, 4162, 12679, 59434: Skulls.
BSP 1925 I 16: Mandible.
BSP AS VII 209: Mandible.
SMF R-362, 363, 259, 364, 365, 367, 368, 492, 4110, 4112: Mandibles.
SMF R-576, 578, 579, 2000, 2003: Dorsal vertebrae.
SMF R-2001: 2 cervical vertebrae.
SMF R 672: Humerus (possibly Cyamodus, R. Wild, 1977)
SMF R 86, 88: Femora.
SMF R-760: Proximal end of a femur.
BMNH R-1328-9: Tooth plates.
Locality: Bad Sulza, Thuringia State, Germany.
Horizon: Bad Sulza Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: pulcher zone.
Age: Upper Illyrian substage, Ansian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
Er 78/235, Er 78/235a: Skull.
Er 78/278: Mandible.
Locality: Crailsheim, Baden-Wurttemberg State, Germany.Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 18641: Skull.
Locality: Tiefenbach near Crailsheim, Baden-Wurttemberg State, Germany.Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 15891: Humerus.
Locality: Hegnabrunn near Kulmbach, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
BSP 1968.I.75: Skull (BROILI, 1912, Pl. 12, figs 1-4).
SMNS 59826: Dorsal centra.
BSP 1968 I 76: Mandible.
SMNS uncatalogued, coll. M. Wild #98: Mandible.
SMNS Coll. M. Wild #81: Sacral vertebra.
SMNS 59827,SMNS uncatalogued coll. M. Wild #1365: Humeri.
Locality: Freyburg/Unstrut, Sachsen-Anhalt State, Germany.Horizon: Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.
Material:
BRG S 54-R 09, BSP 1959 XII 25: Tooth plates.
Locality: Freyburg/Unstrut, Sachsen-Anhalt State, Germany.
Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
Ha, uncatalogued: Mandible.
Locality: Stengelberg, Germany.
Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 17572: Mandible.
Locality: Bodigheim, Baden-Wurttemberg State, Germany.Horizon: Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 53006: Vertebrae.
Locality: Freudenstadt, Baden-Wurttemberg State, Germany.Horizon: Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 59370: Dorsal vertebra.
Locality: Lauchringen, Baden-Wurttemberg State, Germany.Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 58021: Mandible.
Locality: Tarnowitz, Upper Silesia, Silesian Province, Poland.Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
BGR X-06153: Tooth plates.
Locality: Rybina, Upper Silesia, Silesian Province, Poland.Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
BGR X-06154: Tooth plates.
Locality: Rudersdorf, near Berlin, Brandenburg State, Germany.Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
BRG S 55-R 14, S 55-R 15, S 55-L 15: Tooth plates.
Locality: Rudersdorf near Berlin, Brandenburg State, Germany.Horizon: Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.
Material:
BRG S 55-L 02, BRG S 56-R 02, BRG S 56-R 03: Tooth plates.
Locality: Rudersdorf near Berlin, Brandenburg State, Germany.Horizon: Lower and Middle Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
BRG S 56-L 11: Tooth plates.
Locality: Jena, Thuringia State, Germany.Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
BRG S 54-r 09: Tooth plates.
Locality: Jena, Thuringia State, Germany.Horizon: Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.
Material:
BRG S 54-L 09, SMNS 13666a, 15992: Tooth plates.
Locality: Lambach-Sulzbad, Germany.Horizon: Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 56313: Tooth plates.
Locality: Sondershausen, Thuringia State, Germany.Horizon: Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 13665: Tooth plates.
Locality: Grombach, Germany.Horizon: Discoceratitenschichten, Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
MHI 776: Humerus.
Locality: Crailsheim, Baden-Wurttemberg State, Germany.Horizon: Trochitenkalk, Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 18641: Partial skull.
Locality: Hegnabrunn, Germany.Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: Spinosus biozone.
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS 59827: Humerus.
Locality: Bindlach near Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
SMNS ucatalogued, coll. M,. Wild # 1798: Femur.
RIEPPEL, 1995
SMNS coll. M. Wild #81: Sacral vertebra.
SMNS uncatalogued, Coll. M. Wild # 1789: Femur.
RIEPPEL, 2001
Locality:
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age:
Material:
MHI 1682: Partial skull.
MHI 986: Left dentary.
MHI 1203: Dentary fragment.
SMF uncatalogued: Sectioned dentary.
SMF uncatalogued: Sectioned palatines.
= Placodus cf. P. gigas RIEPPEL & DALLA VECCHIA, 2001Locality: Specchieri, Leno Creek, Vallarsa, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige Region, Tre Venezie Area, Northeastern Italy.
Horizon: Calcare di Recoaro (Recoaro Limestone) Formation, Pelsonian.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Lower Upper Anisian Stage, Upper lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Museo Tridention di Scienze Naturali, Trento, uncatalogued : An isolated palatine tooth plate.
= Placodus cf. P. gigas
Locality: Recoaro, Province of Vicenzia, Vento Region, Tre Venezie Area, Northeastern Italy.
Horizon: Calcare di Recoaro (Recoaro Limestone) Formation, Pelsonian.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Lower Upper Anisian Stage, Upper lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
University of Padua Museum of Paleontology 6788: Isloated palatine tooth.
SUES, 1987
Locality: Unspecified locality, Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Oberfrankisches Erdgeschichtliches Museum at Bayreuth, BT 13: Skull.
= Placodus pachygnathus OWEN, 1858
Etymology:Holotype: BMNH R1641
Locality: Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material: Imperfect mandible.
= Placodus bathygnathus OWEN, 1858
Etymology:Holotype: BMNH 19677
Locality: Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material: Posterior portion of the left ramus of the mandible.
= Placodus quinimolaris MEYER, 1863
Etymology:Holotype: U-MO no. BT 742
Locality: Bindlach or Laineck, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Bindlach Formation, Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: atavus-evolutus zone.
Age: Illyrian Substage, Lower Ansian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material: Fragmentary skull.
= Placodus hypsiceps MEYER, 1863
Etymology:
= Placodus hypsicephalus MEYER, 1863
Etymology:Holotype: U-MO no BT 745
Locality: Bindlach or Laineck, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Bindlach Formation, Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy: atavus-evolutus zone.
Age: Illyrian Substage, Lower Ansian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.
Material:
Material: Skull missing left side.
Referred material:
LYDEKKER, 1889
Locality: Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
BMNH 35868: Part of the left side of the hinder portion of the palate of an immature individual.
BMNH 41096: Crushed cranium.
= Placodus aethiopi MÜNSTER in SCHEDIS, (1834?)
Etymology:Holotype:
Locality: Unknown.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material: 1 tooth.
= Placodus angustus MÜNSTER in SCHEDIS, (1834?)
Etymology:Holotype:
Locality: Laineck, East Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material: 1 tooth.
= Placodus rugosus MÜNSTER in SCHEDIS, (1834?)
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= Placodus andriani MÜNSTER , 1839
Etymology: In honor of Baron von Andrian.Holotype:
Locality: Bayreuth (not Bamberg), Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material: Fragmentary skull.
Referred material:
CORROY, 1928
Locality: Agassiz, Luneville, Meurth-et-Moselle Department, France.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: Teeth.
LYDEKKER, 1889
Locality: Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
BMNH 48204a: A second and third palatine tooth.
BMNH 32781b: A first palatine tooth.
BMNH R1643: Imperfect left ramus of the mandible, wanting the symphysial portion.
NOSOTII & PINNA, 1989
Locality: Bamberg, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: 5 teeth.
Locality: Braunschweig, Sachsen, Lower Saxony State, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: Mandible.
Locality: Leineck, East Bayrueth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: Fragmentary skull.
Number: Not given: Fragmentary skull.
cf. andriani
Locality: Alt-Tarnowitz, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: 1 tooth.
= Placodus bombidens OWEN, 1859
Etymology:Holotype: BMNH R 1643
Locality: Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material: 4 teeth.
= Anomosaurus strunzi HUENE, 1905
Etymology:
Holotype:Locality: Laineck near Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.
Material: Fragmentary skeleton.
= Colobus schmidti SCHMIDT, 1928
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= Placodus antiquior HUENE, 1936
Etymology:Holotype: HA Uncatalogued.
Locality: Freyburg, Sachsen-Anhalt State, Germany.
Horizon: Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.
Material: Fragmentary skull.
Referred material:
PINNA, 1999/Oosterick, 1978
Locality: Winterswijk, MFW, Holland.
Horizon: Lower Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: Fragment of a palate and isolated tooth.
= Placodus cf. P. gigas ( WINTRICH, HAGDORN & SANDER, 2017)
= Omphalosaurus peyeri MAISCH & LEHMANN, 2002
Etymology: In honor of Prof. Dr. Bernard Peyer, Zurich, for his outstanding and excellent contributions to the knowledge of Triassic marine reptiles, including the omphalosaurids of the Germanic Basin.Holotype: GSUB V1427
Locality: Cement quarry of Rüdersdorf, E’Berlin, Berlin State, Germany.
Horizon: Rüdersdorf Formation (former 'Schaumkalk' unit) of the Lower Muschelkalk (former Brandenburg Formation).
Biostratigraphy: Decurtella decurtata Zone.
Age: Pelsonian-early late Illyrian age, Middle Anisian, Early Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material: Incomplete left maxilla, containing 3 fully erupted, functional teeth and several replacement teeth.
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Species: inexpectatus JIANG, MONTANI, HAO, RIEPPEL, SUN, SCHMITZ, & SUN,
2008
Etymology: Latin, inexpactatus, 'unexpected, unforeseen'.
Holotype: GMPKU-P-1054
Locality: Yangjuan Village, Xinmin District, Panxian County, Guizhou Province, China.
Horizon: Upper Member, Guanling Formaiton.
Biostratigraphy: Nicoraella kockeli conodont biozone.
Age: Pelsonian, Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.
Material: Skull and skeleton.
Skull of Placodus inexpectatus JIANG, MONTANI, HAO, RIEPPEL, SUN, SCHMITZ, & SUN, 2008. A) as perserved and B) new reconstruction.
