Macroplacus raeticus Schubert-Klempnauer, 1975

Sues, Hans-Dieter & Schoch, Rainer R., 2025, Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany, Fossil Record 28 (2), pp. 411-483 : 411-483

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/fr.28.164405

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17823896

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scientific name

Macroplacus raeticus Schubert-Klempnauer, 1975
status

 

Macroplacus raeticus Schubert-Klempnauer, 1975

Holotype.

SNSB-BSPG 1967 I 324, nearly complete cranium.

Type locality.

Hinterstein (Sonthofen), Oberallgäu district, Bavaria.

Type horizon.

Kössen Formation. Age: Late Triassic (late Norian-Rhaetian).

Diagnosis.

Distinguished by the following combination of features: posterior palatine tooth greatly enlarged; posterior processes of premaxillae extending posteriorly to frontals and separating nasals from each other; posttemporal fossae small; and distal portion of quadrate above distal articular end pierced by foramen ( Rieppel 2000).

References.

Schubert-Klempnauer (1975), Rieppel (2000, 2001 a).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Placodontia

Family

Cyamodontidae

Genus

Macroplacus