Plateosaurus Plateosaurus elizae (Sauvage 1907)
/plˌeɪɾəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · 205.7–201.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Where It Was Found
Country
France
Region
Champagne-Ardennes
Formation
Grès de Infralias
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Plateosaurus elizae is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 205.7–201.4 million years ago. It was a herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from Champagne-Ardennes, France. It was named by (Sauvage 1907). The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Plateosaurus elizae sits in deep time
Plateosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Plateosaurus elizae'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.