Psephoderma

Psephoderma; Temporal range: Late Triassic
	An artist's illustration of Psephoderma alpinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Placodontia
Family:	†Placochelyidae
Genus:	†Paraplacodus; Meyer, 1858
Referred species
	†Psephoderma alpinum ; (Meyer, 1858) (type); †Psephoderma anglicum ; (Meyer, 1867);

Smaller than a Microraptor!

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Psephoderma is a Placodontid from late Triassic Italy. Like Placochelys, this is another example of convergent evolution between Placodonts and turtles.

Psephoderma Temporal range: Late Triassic

An artist's illustration of Psephoderma alpinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Placodontia
Family:	†Placochelyidae
Genus:	†Paraplacodus Meyer, 1858
Referred species
†Psephoderma alpinum (Meyer, 1858) (type) †Psephoderma anglicum (Meyer, 1867)