Plateosaurus Plateosaurus engelhardti Meyer 1837
/plˌeɪɾəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Triassic (Norian) · 227.3–205.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Where It Was Found
Countries
France, Germany
Regions
Jura · Bayern
Formations
Marnes irisées supérieures · Trossingen
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
Overview
Plateosaurus engelhardti is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–205.7 million years ago. It was a herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from Jura, France and elsewhere. It was named by Meyer 1837. The species is represented by 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~15%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Plateosaurus engelhardti sits in deep time
Plateosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Plateosaurus engelhardti'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.