Plateosaurus elizae Sauvage 1907

Reptilia - Saurischia - Plateosauridae

Alternative combinations: Plateosaurus elisae, Thecodontosaurus elisae

Full reference: H.-E. Sauvage. 1907. Vertébrés [Vertebrates]. Note sur L'Infralias de Provenchères-sur-Meuse 6-17

Belongs to Plateosaurus according to O. Kuhn 1939

See also Buffetaut et al. 1991, Corroy 1934, Huene 1908, Huene 1914, Huene 1915, Lapparent 1967, Sauvage 1907 and Steel 1970

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Provenchères-sur-Meuse, which is in a Rhaetian marine sandstone/sandstone in the Grès de Infralias Formation of France

Distribution: found only at Provenchères-sur-Meuse

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