Plateosaurus CollectA 88513
CollectA 88513 - Plateosaurus
15.5 x 14.5 cm
Name: Plateosaurus (Broad lizard).
Named By: Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer - 1837.
Synonyms: Dimodosaurus, Gresslyosaurus, Pachysaurops, Pachysaurus, Pachysauriscus, Sellosaurus. Former Plateosaurus species that are either invalid or referred to the type species include P. erlenbergensis, P. integer, P. longiceps, P. plieningeri, P. quenstedti and P. reinigeri.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Plateosauridae.
Species: P. engelhardti (type), P. gracilis.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Between 5 and 10 meters long, the genus seems to be highly variable in terms of adult size.
Known locations: Across Europe. Also in Greenland - Fleming Fjord Formation.
Time period: Norian to Rhaetian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Multiple individuals, some very well preserved. Adults and subadults known.
