†Placopleurus besanensis Bassani 1886
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Alternative combination: Pholidophorus besanensis
Synonym: Placopleurus primus Brough 1939
Full reference: F. Bassani. 1886. Sui fossili e sull'età degli schisti bituminosi triasici di Besano in Lombardia [On the fossils and the age of the Triassic bituminous schist of Besano in Lombardy]. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturale del Museo Civili de Storia Naturali 29:15-72
Belongs to Placopleurus according to T. Bürgin et al. 1991
See also Bassani 1886, Brough 1939, de Alessandri 1910 and Tintori et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Placopleurus comptus
Type specimens:
- Placopleurus besanensis: Its type locality is Besano (MCSN Milan collection), which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Italy
- Placopleurus primus: BMNH P19357/19380, a skeleton. Its type locality is Besano, Bender collection, Monte San Giorgio, which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Italy.
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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