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Record 1 1978-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

A suborder of Sauropterygia that is sometimes regarded as a separate order and that comprises armored Triassic reptiles resembling the turtles in many respects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Groupe de reptiles fossiles, remarquables par leur crâne déprimé, au palais garni, ainsi que la mâchoire inférieure, de grandes dents en pavé. (On ne les rencontre que dans le Trias et le Lias de l'Europe centrale. Genre principal = placodus.).

Spanish

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