Reptilia - Saurischia - Plateosauridae

Alternative combination: Sellosaurus gracilis

Synonyms: Plateosaurus hermannianus Huene 1905, Sellosaurus hermannianus Huene 1905, Thecodontosaurus hermannianus Huene 1905

Full reference: F. v. Huene. 1905. Trias-Dinosaurier Europas [European Triassic dinosaurs]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 57:345-349

Belongs to Plateosaurus according to A. Otero and D. Pol 2013

See also Apaldetti et al. 2011, Berckhemer 1938, Bittencourt et al. 2013, Buffetaut 1997, Case 1922, Charig 1967, Fraas 1909, Galton 1984, Galton 1985, Galton 1985, Galton 1985, Galton 2001, Galton 2001, Galton 2007, Galton and Upchurch 2004, García et al. 2010, Haubold 1997, Hennig 1914, Huene 1905, Huene 1914, Huene 1914, Huene 1915, Kuhn 1939, Kuhn 1971, McPhee et al. 2015, Müller-Stoll 1935, Novas et al. 2011, Schmidt 1938, Simmons 1965, Smith and Pol 2007, Steel 1970, Yates 2003, Yates 2010 and Young 1941

Sister taxa: Plateosaurus elizae, Plateosaurus engelhardti, Plateosaurus erlenbergiensis, Plateosaurus ingens, Plateosaurus quenstedti, Plateosaurus reinigeri, Plateosaurus trossingensis

Type specimens:

• Plateosaurus gracilis: SMNS 5715, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Heslach quarries, Stuttgart, "Heslacher Wand", which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.
• Thecodontosaurus hermannianus: SMNS 4388, a maxilla. Its type locality is Heslach quarries, Stuttgart, "Heslacher Wand", which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.