Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Plateosauridae
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus engelhardti Meyer 1837
Late Triassic (Norian) · 227.3–205.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Plateosaurus engelhardti is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–205.7 million years ago. It was a herbivore. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Plateosaurus sits in deep time
Plateosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Plateosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.