| “flat lizard” |
CLASSIFICATION
| Plateosaurus von Meyer, 1837 a.k.a PlatysaurusTYPE SPECIES: P. engelhardti von Meyer, 1837 MISASSIGNED SPECIES: P. carinatus (Owen, 1854) (originally Massospondylus) = Massospondylus carinatus P. cloacinus (Quenstedt, 1858) [nomen dubium] (originally Megalosaurus) == Plateosaurus engelhardti P. cullingworthi Haughton, 1924 == Melanorosaurus readi “P.” elizae Sauvage, 1907 [nomen dubium] » Archosauria incertae sedis P. erlenbergiensis von Huene, 1905 == P. engelhardti P. fraasi (von Huene, 1908) (originally Sellosaurus) == S. gracilis P. fraasianus von Huene, 1932 “E. Fraas’ flat lizard” == P. engelhardti P. gracilis (von Huene, 1908) (originally Sellosaurus) = Sellosaurus gracilis P. integer Fraas & von Huene, 1915 == P. engelhardti P. longiceps Jaekel, 1913 “long-headed flat lizard” == P. engelhardti P. obtusus (Henry, 1876) [nomen dubium] (originally Megalosaurus) == Plateosaurus engelhardti P. ornatus von Huene, 1908 [nomen dubium] “ornate flat lizard” == P. engelhardti P. plieningeri von Huene, 1908 == P. engelhardti P. poligniensis (Pidancet & Chopard, 1862) (originally Dimodosaurus) == Plateosaurus engelhardti P. quenstedti (Koken, 1900) (originally Zanclodon) == Plateosaurus engelhardti P. reinigeri von Huene, 1908 [nomen dubium] == P. engelhardti P. robustus (von Huene, 1908) (originally Gresslyosaurus) == Plateosaurus engelhardti P. stormbergensis Broom, 1915 [nomen dubium] == Euskelosaurus browni P. torgeri (Jaekel, 1911) [nomen dubium] (originally Gresslyosaurus) == Plateosaurus engelhardti P. trossingensis E. Fraas, 1913 “flat lizard from Trossingen” == P. engelhardti | Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria Sauropodomorpha |
see also: Genus Index, Classification
MEASUREMENTS
TIME
see also: Ages of the Mesozoic
PLACE
Germany, Switzerland, France & Sweden?
REMAINS
- around 100 skeletons (some complete, some juvenile), 10 skulls, isolated elements, teeth
- “P.” elizae
ESSAY
| This baryonychine had a two-foot-high sail over its hips. Some think it may be the same as Baryonyx. |
IMAGES
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| plant life from the three periods of the Mesozoic Era: a Late Triassic riverbed (featuring Plateosaurus), an Early Jurassic jungle (featuring Dilophosaurus), and a swamp from the Late Cretaceous (featuring Quetzalcoatlus) |
