Plateosaurus

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:genus
gptkb:dinosaur
gptkbp:clade gptkb:Dinosauria
gptkb:Saurischia
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:Hermann_von_Meyer
gptkbp:diet herbivore
gptkbp:displayType gptkb:Museum_für_Naturkunde,_Berlin
gptkb:Staatliches_Museum_für_Naturkunde_Stuttgart
gptkb:Naturmuseum_Senckenberg
gptkbp:extinct about 201 million years ago
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1837
gptkbp:fossil well-preserved
gptkbp:fossilDiscoveryYear 1834
gptkbp:fossilRange gptkb:Late_Triassic
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Europe
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Greenland
gptkb:Switzerland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Plateosaurus
gptkbp:length up to 10 meters
gptkbp:locomotion bipedal
facultatively quadrupedal
gptkbp:nameMeaning broad lizard
gptkbp:notableFeature long neck
robust limbs
small head
large thumb claw
leaf-shaped teeth
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Knollenmergel_Formation
gptkb:Norian_stage
gptkb:Trossingen_Formation
gptkbp:notableSpecies gptkb:MB.R.4404
gptkb:SMNS_13200
GPIT/RE/7288
gptkbp:numberOfSpecies over 100 individuals
gptkbp:order gptkb:Sauropodomorpha
gptkbp:paleontologicalSignificance first described prosauropod
key to understanding sauropodomorph evolution
one of the best-known early dinosaurs
gptkbp:period gptkb:Late_Triassic
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Massospondylus
gptkb:Prosauropoda
gptkb:Riojasaurus
gptkbp:reproduction egg-laying
gptkbp:taxonomicFamily gptkb:Plateosauridae
gptkbp:typeSpecies gptkb:Plateosaurus_engelhardti
gptkbp:weight up to 4 metric tons
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Coelophysis
gptkb:Saurischia
gptkb:Europe_(fossil_record)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6