placodont

(redirected from Placodontia)
Also found in: Encyclopedia.

placodont

a fossil reptile from the Triassic period, which possessed flat crushing teeth and probably fed on molluscs.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
References in periodicals archive ?
Placodontia, Pachypleurosauria, Nothosauria, Pistosauria.
New insights on the Permian and Triassic vertebrates from the Iberian Peninsula with emphasis on the Pyrenean and Catalonian basins/Nuevos enfoques sobre los vertebrados del Permico y Triasico de la Peninsula Iberica, con enfasis en las cuencas Pirenaica y Catalana
Medical browser ?
Full browser ?