Plateosauravus

DV-0147 · type species Plateosauravus cullingworthi

Lived: 227 to 201 million years ago, Late Triassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs, Plateosauridae
Found in: South Africa
Named by: Huene 1932

Field notes

About Plateosauravus

Plateosauravus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 201 million years ago. It belongs to the family Plateosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Plateosauravus, from South Africa. Its fossils come from the Elliot Formation. It was named by Huene in 1932.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

210 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Plateosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. v. Huene. 1932. Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte [The fossil reptile order Saurischia, their development and history]. Monographien zur Geologie und Palaeontologie, serie 1 4(1-2):1-361