Plateosaurus quenstedti

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Dinosaur: Plateosaurus quenstedti

Length*:6.6 m21.7 ft
Weight*:720 kg1,587 lb
ESR: 2 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen


Period

Details

Status: S > Plateosaurus trossingensis
Author: von Huene
Year: 1905

Distribution

Classification


Sources

References: Galton, P.M. (2001). The prosauropod dinosaur Plateosaurus Meyer, 1837 (Saurischia; Sauropodomorpha; Upper Triassic). II. Notes on the referred species.

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