Cyamodontidae
Extinct family of marine reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cyamodontidae is an extinct family of superficially turtle-like placodonts belonging to the superfamily Cyamodontoidea. Fossils have been found in Germany and Italy. It is named after Cyamodus, the namesake of the family.
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Cyamodontids | |
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Fossil skeleton of Cyamodus. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Placodontia |
Superfamily: | †Cyamodontoidea |
Family: | †Cyamodontidae Meyer, 1863 |
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Meyer (1863) originally created the family solely for Cyamodus. However, the naming of Protenodontosaurus in 1990 by Pinna regrouped the two genera under one family.[citation needed]