Reptilia - Saurischia - Plateosauridae
Alternative combinations: Dinosaurus gressly, Dinosaurus gresslyi, Plateosaurus gresslyi
Full reference: L. Rütimeyer. 1856. [Fossile Reptilienknochen aus dem Keuper] [Fossil reptile bones from the Keuper]. Verhandlungen der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41:62-64
Belongs to Plateosaurus according to A. Otero and D. Pol 2013
Sister taxa: Plateosaurus elizae, Plateosaurus engelhardti, Plateosaurus erlenbergiensis, Plateosaurus gracilis, Plateosaurus longiceps, Plateosaurus quenstedti, Plateosaurus reinigeri, Plateosaurus trossingensis
Type specimen: NMB BM 1, 10, 24, 53, 530-1, 1521, 1572-74, 1576-78, 1582, 1584-85, 1591, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Niederschönthal, Liestal, which is in a Sevatian terrestrial conglomerate in the Knollenmergel Formation of Switzerland.
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plateosaurus ingens in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.