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early long-neck
Plateosauravus
Say it like this: “PLAY-tee-o-SAWR-AY-vus”
Plateosauravus cullingworthi
Plateosauravus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in South Africa.
- When
- Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian) · roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 1932 · Huene, F. V.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 9 m · 30 ft
- Weight
- 2.4 tonnes
- Found in
- South Africa · Elliot
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Plateosauria
The story in short
In 1932, F. V. Huene published the name Plateosauravus.
It lived in the Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian), roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago. Finds come from South Africa, including the Elliot Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Plateosauravus at a length near 9 m and a body mass around 2.4 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Plateosauria, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.