Plateosaurus erlenbergiensis Huene 1905 (plateosaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Plateosauridae

Alternative combination: Plateosaurus erlenbergensis

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. Prieto-Márquez and M. A. Norell 2011

See also Demathieu 1970, Fraas 1913, Fraas 1914, Galton 1984, Galton 1985, Galton 2001, Galton 2001, Galton and Upchurch 2004, Hennig 1914, Huene 1905, Huene 1908, Huene 1914, Huene 1915, Kuhn 1939, Kuhn 1971, Lull 1912, Schmidt 1938, Steel 1970, Théobald et al. 1987, Van Hoepen 1920, Versluys 1910 and Young 1966

Sister taxa: Plateosaurus elizae, Plateosaurus engelhardti, Plateosaurus gracilis, Plateosaurus ingens, Plateosaurus longiceps, Plateosaurus quenstedti, Plateosaurus reinigeri, Plateosaurus trossingensis

Type specimen: SMNS 6014, a partial skeleton (a partial skull and part of the skeleton including several vertebrae, partial pectoral girdle and forelimb, partial ilium, ischium, and most of the hindlimb ele). Its type locality is Bl. 7220, Erlenberg, which is in a Rhaetian terrestrial marl in the Trossingen Formation of Germany.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Bl. 7220, Erlenberg

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