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Plateosauridae (plateosaurid)

Reptilia - Plateosauridae

Taxonomy
Plateosauridae was named by Marsh (1895). Its type is Plateosaurus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Anchisauridae by Galton (1971), Galton (1973), Cooper (1981), Olsen and Galton (1984) and Galton (1985).

It was assigned to Saurischia by Arldt (1909) and Huene (1909); to Allophagi by Jaekel (1914); to Theropoda by Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Huene (1908), von Zittel (1911) and Van Hoepen (1920); to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Matthew (1915) and Nopcsa (1923); to Theropoda by Lull (1924); to Pachypodosauroidea by Nopcsa (1928); to Carnosauria by Roxo (1937); to Prosauropoda by Kuhn (1946) and Parsch (1963); to Plateosauria by Ellenberger et al. (1970); to Palaeopoda by Reig (1970); to Palaeopoda by Van Heerden (1978); to Prosauropoda by Tatarinov (1964) and McIntosh (1981); to Prosauropoda by Huene (1926), Huene (1929), Young (1941), Huene (1948), Haughton and Brink (1954), Romer (1956), Huene (1959), Kuhn (1966), Romer (1966), Charig (1967), Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Kuhn (1971), Bonaparte (1971), Benedetto (1973), Galton (1976), Galton and Cluver (1976), Bonaparte (1978), Anderson and Cruickshank (1978), Bonaparte (1978), Benton (1979), Ostrom (1980), Dong et al. (1983), Russell (1984), Attridge et al. (1985), Battail (1986), Zhang and Yang (1995) and Galton and Van Heerden (1998); to Plateosauria by Tornier (1913), Colbert (1964), Colbert (1970), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Sereno (1999), Galton (2001) and Galton and Upchurch (2004); to Sauropodomorpha by Leal et al. (2004); to Prosauropoda by Knoll (2004); to Plateosauria by Upchurch et al. (2007), Smith and Pol (2007), Martínez (2009), Yates (2010), Apaldetti et al. (2011), Novas et al. (2011) and Apaldetti et al. (2013); and to Sauropodomorpha by McPhee et al. (2015) and Beccari et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Plateosauridae Marsh
1896Plateosauridae Marsh p. 239
1908Sellosauridae Huene p. 260
1908Plateosauridae Huene p. 306
1908Sellosauridae Huene p. 307
1909Plateosauridae Arldt p. 262
1909Sellosauridae Arldt p. 262
1909Plateosauridae Huene p. 14
1909Sellosauridae Huene p. 14
1911Plateosauridae von Zittel p. 279
1913Plateosauridae Tornier p. 367
1914Ammosauridae Huene p. 13
1914Plateosauridae Huene p. 13
1914Sellosauridae Huene p. 14
1914Plateosauridae Huene p. 37
1914Sellosauridae Huene p. 37
1914Plateosauridae Huene p. 146
1914Ammosauridae Huene p. 156
1914Plateosauridae Huene p. 156
1914Sellosauridae Huene p. 156
1914Plateosauridae Huene p. 445
1914Plateosauridae Jaekel p. 197
1915Plateosauridae Matthew p. 32
1920Plateosauridae Van Hoepen p. 140
1923Plataeosauridae Nopcsa p. 125
1924Plateosauridae Lull p. 229
1926Plateosauridae Huene p. 474
1928Plateosauridae Nopcsa p. 182
1929Ammosauridae Huene p. 270
1929Plateosauridae Huene p. 271
1937Plateosauridae Roxo p. 65
1941Plateosauridae Young p. 3
1946Ammosauridae Kuhn p. 65
1946Plateosauridae Kuhn p. 65
1948Ammosauridae Huene p. 88
1948Plateosauridae Huene p. 90
1953Ammosauridae Lull p. 123
1954Plateosauridae Haughton and Brink p. 4
1956Plateosauridae Romer p. 617
1959Plateosauridae Huene p. 120
1963Ammosauridae Parsch p. 4
1963Plateosauridae Parsch p. 4
1964Ammosauridae Colbert p. 20 fig. 6
1964Plateosauridae Colbert p. 20 fig. 6
1964Ammosauridae Tatarinov p. 530
1964Plateosauridae Tatarinov p. 542
1966Ammosauridae Kuhn p. 92
1966Plateosauridae Kuhn p. 97
1966Plateosauridae Romer p. 370
1967Plateosauridae Charig p. 712
1967Ammosauridae Charig p. 713
1968Ammosauridae Maleev p. 95
1970Ammosauridae Colbert p. 26
1970Plateosauridae Colbert p. 26
1970Plateosauridae Ellenberger et al. p. 158
1970Plateosauridae Reig p. 276
1970Ammosauridae Reig p. 279
1970Plateosauridae Steel p. 53
1970Plateosauridae Swinton pp. 161-162
1971Plateosauridae Bonaparte p. 161
1971Plateosauridae Kuhn p. 16
1973Plateosauridae Benedetto
1976Plateosauridae Galton p. 89
1976Plateosauridae Galton and Cluver p. 143
1978Plateosauridae Anderson and Cruickshank p. 31
1978Plateosauridae Bonaparte p. 316–317
1978Plateosauridae Van Heerden p. 188–189
1979Plateosauridae Benton p. 143
1980Plateosauridae Ostrom p. 22
1981Plateosauridae McIntosh p. 11
1983Plateosauridae Dong et al. p. 16
1984Plateosauridae Russell p. 28
1985Plateosauridae Attridge et al. p. 128
1986Plateosauridae Battail pp. 48-49
1995Plateosauridae Zhang and Yang p. 79
1997Plateosauridae Sereno p. 444
1998Plateosauridae Galton and Van Heerden pp. 174-175
1998Plateosauridae Sereno p. 63
1999Plateosauridae Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2001Plateosauridae Galton p. 490
2004Plateosauridae Galton and Upchurch p. 252 fig. 12.11
2004Plateosauridae Knoll p. 76
2004Plateosauridae Leal et al. p. 3 fig. 9
2007Plateosauridae Smith and Pol p. 670 fig. 7
2007Plateosauridae Upchurch et al. p. 62 fig. 3
2009Plateosauridae Martínez p. 162 fig. 22
2010Plateosauridae Yates p. 750
2011Plateosauridae Apaldetti et al. p. 16 fig. 13
2011Plateosauridae Novas et al. p. 341 fig. 4
2013Plateosauridae Apaldetti et al.
2015Plateosauridae McPhee et al. p. 19 fig. 12
2021Plateosauridae Beccari et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Eusaurischia
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
familyPlateosauridae
familyPlateosauridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Plateosauridae Marsh 1895 [plateosaurid]
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G. †Coloradia Bonaparte 1978
G. †Issi Beccari et al. 2021
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†Issi saaneq Beccari et al. 2021
G. †Plateosauravus Huene 1932
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G. †Plateosaurus Meyer 1837
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†Plateosaurus elizae Sauvage 1907
†Plateosaurus gracilis Huene 1905
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Invalid names: Thecodontosaurus hermannianus Huene 1905 [synonym]
†Plateosaurus ingens Rütimeyer 1856
†Plateosaurus longiceps Jaekel 1913
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Invalid names: Plateosaurus fraasianus Huene 1932 [synonym], Plateosaurus integer Fraas 1915 [synonym]
Invalid names: Plateosaurus quenstedti Huene 1905 [nomen dubium], Plateosaurus reinigeri Huene 1905 [nomen dubium], Platysaurus Agassiz 1846 [synonym], Sellosaurus Huene 1905 [synonym]
G. †Ruehleia Galton 2001
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†Ruehleia bedheimensis Galton 2001
G. †Unaysaurus Leal et al. 2004
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†Unaysaurus tolentinoi Leal et al. 2004
G. †Xixiposaurus Sekiya 2010
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†Xixiposaurus suni Sekiya 2010
Invalid names: Ammosauridae Huene 1914 [synonym], Sellosauridae Huene 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. S. Lull 1924Triassic forms of medium to large size; bones generally hollow, with abdominal ribs; pubis broad, elongated, distally coössified, but without expanded foot-like symphysis; femur S-shaped and longer than tibia; astragalus without ascending process; manus with backwardly directed digits iv and v; pes with first and fifth digits reduced; Trias, Keuper, and Rhaetic.
B. F. Nopcsa 1928condyle directed obliquely backwards; heavily huilt semi-bipedal animals
F. v. Huene 1948Larger, bipedal; leg bones with thick walls; 5 fingers and toes, 5th toe decreased in size.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 3000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 100 kgg
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Alaunian to the top of the Bajocian or 215.56000 to 168.30000 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Germany (Niedersachsen) Plateosaurus sp. (149732)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Plateosaurus gracilis (68038) Thecodontosaurus hermannianus, Teratosaurus suevicus (47785)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Germany (Bayern) Plateosauridae indet. (97815 97817 97822 97825 97826 97827 97828 97831 97832 97833 97834 97835 97836 97837 97838 97840 97841) Plateosauridae indet., Plateosaurus erlenbergiensis, Plateosaurus sp. (97829) Plateosaurus engelhardti (48683 97830) Plateosaurus sp. (75758 97818 139478) Teratosaurus suevicus (97819 97820)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Plateosaurus reinigeri (48689) Plateosaurus sp., Plateosaurus trossingensis, Plateosaurus erlenbergiensis, Plateosaurus sp., Plateosaurus quenstedti (22683) Sellosaurus gracilis (105831)
Norian228.0 - 208.5South Africa (Eastern Cape) Plateosaurus cullingworthi (36735)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Prosauropoda indet. (45513)
Norian228.0 - 208.5France (Jura) Dimodosaurus poligniensis (48639) Gresslyosaurus plieningeri (25836) Plateosaurus sp. (48643)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Germany (Thuringia) Plateosaurus plieningeri (48694)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Greenland Plateosaurus engelhardti (26996 26998)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Switzerland (Schaffhausen) Plateosaurus sp. (47806)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Switzerland (Aargau) Plateosaurus sp. (22680 227790)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) Plateosaurus sp. (145209)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3South Africa (Eastern Cape) Plateosaurus cullingworthi (36738) Plateosaurus sp. (106563)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Sellosaurus gracilis (47800)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Switzerland (Basel-Landschaft) Plateosauridae indet. (47802)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3France (Champagne-Ardennes) Thecodontosaurus elisae (139922)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Plateosaurus sp. (22684)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3France (Champagne-Ardenne) Thecodontosaurus elisae (140023)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Plateosaurus quenstedti (48687) Plateosaurus sp. (22682) Zanclodon laevis (48690)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany (Bayern) Plateosauridae indet. (97839)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany (Niedersachsen) Zanclodon laevis (55321)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3North Atlantic Plateosaurus sp. (64316)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3France (Lorraine) Plateosaurus sp. (36106)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Plateosaurus sp. (53829)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Germany (Bayern) Plateosaurus sp. (191140)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8China (Yunnan) Xixiposaurus suni (100542)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.1 - 168.3China (Sichuan) Plateosauridae indet. (227429)