Species
Valid Extinct

Plateosaurus gracilis

(Huene 1905)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
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 gracilis Species
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
5
Geological formations
Löwenstein
5
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
5
Synonyms (1)
Thecodontosaurus hermannianus subjective synonym of Plateosaurus gracilis
Bibliography
Original description
F. v. Huene. 1905. Trias-Dinosaurier Europas [European Triassic dinosaurs]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 57:345-349 DOI ↗
Bibliography (4)
A. M. Yates. 2003. The species taxonomy of the sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Löwenstein Formation (Norian, Late Triassic) of Germany. Palaeontology 46(2):317-337 DOI ↗
P. M. Galton. 2001. Prosauropod dinosaur Sellosaurus gracilis (Upper Triassic, Germany): third sacral vertebra as either a dorsosacral or a caudosacral. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 2001(11):688-704 DOI ↗
P. M. Galton. 1985. Cranial anatomy of the prosauropod dinosaur Sellosaurus gracilis from the Middle Stubensandstein (Upper Triassic) of Nordwürttemberg, West Germany. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 118:1-39
F. v. Huene. 1905. Trias-Dinosaurier Europas [European Triassic dinosaurs]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 57:345-349 DOI ↗