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Placerias was a ox sized dicynodont that lived during the late triassic period in which is now North America.

Facts[]

Placerias weighed 1 ton and was hunted by animals like postosuchus. It was terribly slow and relied on its numbers for most self defence. It had tusks and a powerful beak although tough, they were actually peacefull herbivores.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Infraorder: Dicynodontia
Family: Stahleckeriidae
Subfamily: Placeriinae
Genus: Placerias

Placerias was shown in walking with dinosaurs, the episode name was, New Blood.

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