Species
Valid Extinct

Plateosaurus longiceps

Jaekel 1913

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Terrestrial
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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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Plateosaurus Genus
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Plateosaurus longiceps Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇱 Greenland
1
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Geological formations
Ørsted Dal
1
Trossingen
1
Temporal distribution
Rhaetian (205.7–201.4 Ma)
1
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Synonyms (2)
Plateosaurus fraasianus subjective synonym of Plateosaurus longiceps
Plateosaurus integer subjective synonym of Plateosaurus longiceps
Bibliography
Original description
P. M. Galton. 1984. Cranial anatomy of the prosauropod dinosaur Plateosaurus from the Knollenmergel (Middle Keuper, Upper Triassic) of Germany. I. Two complete skulls from Trossingen/Württ. with comments on the diet. Geologica et Palaeontologica 18:139-171
Bibliography (2)
P. M. Galton. 2001. Prosauropod dinosaurs from the Upper Triassic of Germany. Actas de Las I Jornadas Internacionales Sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y Su Entorno, Salas de Los Infantes, Burgos, Spain, September 1999. Colectivo Arqueológico-Paleontológico de Salas, C.A.S.
P. M. Galton. 2001. The prosauropod dinosaur Plateosaurus Meyer, 1837 (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha; Upper Triassic). II. Notes on the referred species. Revue Paléobiologie, Genève 20(2):435-502