Reptilia - Diapsida

Alternative combination: Smilodon laevis

Synonyms: Plateosaurus plieningeri Fraas 1896 [objective synonym], Zanclodon plieningeri Fraas 1896 [objective synonym]

Full reference: T. Plieninger. 1846. Über ein neues Sauriergenus und die Einreihung der Saurier mit flachen, schneidenden Zähnen in Eine Familie [On a new saurian genus and incorporating the saurian with flat, cutting teeth into a family]. Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 2:148-154

Belongs to Zanclodon according to R. R. Schoch 2011

Sister taxa: Zanclodon arenaceus, Zanclodon crenatus, Zanclodon schutzii, Zanclodon subcylindrodon

Type specimens:

• Zanclodon laevis: SMNS 6045, a maxilla. Its type locality is Swäbisch Hall, Gaildorf, which is in a Ladinian terrestrial horizon in the Erfurt Formation of Germany.
• Plateosaurus plieningeri: SMNS 6045, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Swäbisch Hall, Gaildorf, which is in a Ladinian terrestrial horizon in the Erfurt Formation of Germany.