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Plateosauravus Plateosauravus cullingworthi (Haughton 1924)

/plˈeɪɾəsˌɔːɹævəs/ estimated
Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · 227.3–201.4 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade

Where It Was Found

Country
South Africa
Region
Eastern Cape
Formation
Elliot
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Recorded finds in South Africa. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Plateosauravus cullingworthi is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–201.4 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was named by (Haughton 1924). The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Plateosauravus cullingworthi sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Plateosauravus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Plateosauravus cullingworthi's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

coexisted–with
Coelophysis
Coelophysis bauri
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coexisted–with
Kwanasaurus
Kwanasaurus williamparkeri
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coexisted–with
Ptychotherates
Ptychotherates bucculentus
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coexisted–with
Daemonosaurus
Daemonosaurus chauliodus
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same–clade
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus longiceps
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same–clade
Jaklapallisaurus
Jaklapallisaurus asymmetrica
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same–clade
Eucnemesaurus
Eucnemesaurus entaxonis
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same–clade
Eucnemesaurus
Eucnemesaurus fortis
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