Plateosaurus Plateosaurus longiceps Jaekel 1913
/plˌeɪɾəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · 227.3–201.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Where It Was Found
Countries
Greenland, Germany
Region
Sachsen-Anhalt
Formations
Ørsted Dal · Trossingen
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Plateosaurus longiceps is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–201.4 million years ago. It was a herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from Sachsen-Anhalt, Greenland and elsewhere. It was named by Jaekel 1913. 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 Plateosaurus longiceps sits in deep time
Plateosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Plateosaurus longiceps'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.