| Placerias | |
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| A restoration of Placerias hesternus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Infraorder: | †Dicynodontia |
| Family: | †Stahleckeriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Placeriinae |
| Genus: | †Placerias Lucas, 1904 |
| Referred species | |
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Placerias was a mammal-like reptile that lived during the Triassic Period. Lystrosaurus is one of its relatives. They have a small frill just like Protoceratops.
Popular Culture
- It appeared in Walking with Dinosaurs, it appeared in the first episode and one (probably the oldest of the herd) was ambushed, mortally wounded and eaten by a Postosuchus.
Species
Placerias gigas.
Placerias gigus, from Walking With Dinosaurs.