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Plateosaurus elizae

Reptilia - Plateosauridae

Taxonomy
Thecodontosaurus elisae was named by Sauvage (1907). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Provenchères-sur-Meuse, which is in a Rhaetian marine sandstone/sandstone in the Grès de Infralias Formation of France.

It was recombined as Plateosaurus elisae by Lapparent (1967); it was recombined as Plateosaurus elizae by Huene (1908), Huene (1914), Huene (1915), Kuhn (1939), Steel (1970) and Buffetaut et al. (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Thecodontosaurus elisae Sauvage p. 14 figs. Pl. II: 3
1908Plateosaurus elizae Huene p. 247 fig. 278
1914Plateosaurus elizae Huene p. 15
1915Plateosaurus elizae Huene p. 13
1934Thecodontosaurus elisae Corroy p. 24
1939Plateosaurus elizae Kuhn p. 66
1967Plateosaurus elisae Lapparent p. 11
1970Plateosaurus elizae Steel pp. 55-56
1991Plateosaurus elizae Buffetaut et al. p. 22

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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
genusPlateosaurus
specieselizae()

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.

Plateosaurus elizae Sauvage 1907
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Diagnosis
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