Placerias
Sign in to savePlacerias (meaning 'broad body') is an extinct genus of dicynodonts that lived during the Carnian and Norian stages of the Triassic period (230–215 million years ago). Placerias belongs to a clade of dicynodonts called Kannemeyeriiformes, which was the last known group of dicynodonts before the taxon became extinct at the end of the Triassic.
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It sits within the topics Carnian genus first appearances, Chinle fauna and Fossils of the United States.
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Placerias (meaning 'broad body') is an extinct genus of dicynodonts that lived during the Carnian and Norian stages of the Triassic period (230–215 million years ago). Placerias belongs to a clade of dicynodonts called Kannemeyeriiformes, which was the last known group of dicynodonts before the taxon became extinct at the end of the Triassic.
== Description == thumb|left|P. hesternus compared to a human Placerias was one of the largest herbivores in the Late Triassic, weighing up to . The largest skull found had a length of .
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