Plateosaurus trossingensis
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Dinosaur: Plateosaurus trossingensis
| Length*: | 9.4 m | 30.8 ft |
| Weight*: | 2.6 t | 5,732 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Middle Norian-Rhaetian
Years: 227–201.4 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Fraas
Year: 1913
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: Germany, Greenland, France, Switzerland, Norway
Region: Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt, Sermersooq, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Aargau, Snorre oil field
Formation: Trossingen, Fleming Fjord, Marnes Irisees Superieures, Klettgau, Obere Bunte Mergel, Lunde
Classification
Locations
Sources
Material: Probably more than 100 skeletons (juvenile to adult).
References:
1. Klein (2004). Bone histology and growth of the prosauropod dinosaur Plateosaurus engelhardti MEYER, 1837 from the Norian bonebeds of Trossingen (Germany) and Frick (Switzerland).
2. von Huene (1932). Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte.
3. Galton, P. M. (2012). Case 3560 Plateosaurus engelhardti Meyer, 1837 (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha): proposed replacement of unidentifiable name-bearing type by a neotype.
4. Hurum, J.H., Bergan, M., Müller, R., Nystuen, J.P. & Klein, N. (2006). "A Late Triassic dinosaur bone, offshore Norway".
5. Yates, Adam M. (2003). "Species taxonomy of the sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Löwenstein Formation (Norian, Late Triassic) of Germany".
