planadon
Planadon is a fictional genus of aquatic reptiles created for educational and speculative-paleontology contexts. It is placed in a fictional taxonomy, namely the family Planodontidae, the order Planodonta, within the class Sauropsida, to illustrate principles of morphology and evolution in a teaching setting. The name combines a root meaning flat and a reference to teeth, reflecting the creature’s imagined dentition.
In the fictional account, Planadon is described as a mid-sized marine reptile approximately 2.5 to 3.5 meters
Habitat and ecology are presented as a warm, tropical coastal setting during the mid-Cretaceous in this fictional
As a teaching example, Planadon serves to discuss concepts in morphology, taxonomy, and paleoecology without asserting