Genus
Valid Extinct

Plateosauravus

Huene 1932

Plateosauravus is a basal plateosaurian of uncertain affinities from the Late Triassic Elliot Formation of South Africa.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Plateosauravus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Plateosauridae Family
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Plateosauravus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇿🇦 South Africa
2
Geological formations
Elliot
2
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Plateosauravus cullingworthi 227 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
F. v. Huene. 1932. Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte [The fossil reptile order Saurischia, their development and history]. Monographien zur Geologie und Palaeontologie, serie 1 4(1-2):1-361
Bibliography (1)
S. H. Haughton. 1924. The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg Series. Annals of the South African Museum 12:323-497