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| Placodontia Temporal range: Middle–Late Triassic | |
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| Placochelys placodonta | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Placodontia |
| Superfamily: | †Cyamodontoidea |
| Family: | †Placochelyidae |
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Placochelyidae is a family of marine diapsid reptiles that lived during the middle-late Triassic. The genera within this clade are similar to modern day turtles, which might be another case of convergent evolution.