Plateosauria
unranked clade · (Tornier 1913) · accepted · extinct
42 descendant taxa · 168 fossil sites · 50 formations · 21 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
247–174.7 million years ago
Found where
21 countries
50 rock formations
Fossil record
168 sites
0 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
Did you know
Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 72 million years, from 247 to 174.7 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 174.7 million years old — that is roughly 582 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Plateosauria was named in 1913 ((Tornier 1913)) — 113 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 21 countries and 50 named rock formations.
- This group contains 42 named taxa, including 20 species.
Keep going
Where next
Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).