Plateosaurus
genus · Meyer 1837 · accepted · extinct
7 descendant taxa · 36 fossil sites · 15 formations · 8 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
237–199.5 million years ago
Found where
8 countries
15 rock formations
Fossil record
36 sites
5 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 38 million years, from 237 to 199.5 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 199.5 million years old — that is roughly 665 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Plateosaurus was named in 1837 (Meyer 1837) — 189 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 8 countries and 15 named rock formations.
- 5 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 7 named taxa, including 7 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).