| Description | Plateosauridae is a family of plateosaurian sauropodomorphs from the Late Triassic of Europe, Africa and Asia. Although several dinosaurs have been classified as plateosaurids over the years, the family Plateosauridae is now restricted to Plateosaurus. In another study, Yates (2003) sunk Sellosaurus into Plateosaurus (as P. gracilis).
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| Rank | family |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Plateosauridae |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Plateosauridae |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Common Name | plateosaurid |
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| Scientific Name | Plateosauridae |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Theropoda | stated without evidence | Marsh, 1895 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Saurischia | stated without evidence | Arldt, 1909 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Theropoda | stated without evidence | von Zittel, 1911 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Plateosauria | stated with evidence | Tornier, 1913 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Allophagi | stated without evidence | Jaekel, 1914 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Pachypodosauria | stated with evidence | Huene, 1914 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Pachypodosauria | stated without evidence | Huene, 1914 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Theropoda | stated without evidence | Van Hoepen, 1920 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Pachypodosauria | stated without evidence | Nopcsa, 1923 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Theropoda | stated with evidence | Lull, 1924 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated without evidence | Huene, 1926 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Pachypodosauroidea | stated with evidence | Nopcsa, 1928 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated without evidence | Huene, 1929 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Carnosauria | stated without evidence | Roxo, 1937 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated without evidence | Young, 1941 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated with evidence | Kuhn, 1946 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated without evidence | Haughton and Brink, 1954 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | implied | Romer, 1956 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated without evidence | Huene, 1959 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Plateosauria | stated without evidence | Colbert, 1964 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated with evidence | Tatarinov, 1964 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | implied | Romer, 1966 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated with evidence | Kuhn, 1966 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Palaeopoda | stated with evidence | Reig, 1970 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Plateosauria | stated without evidence | Colbert, 1970 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated without evidence | Steel, 1970 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated with evidence | Kuhn, 1971 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated without evidence | Bonaparte, 1971 | | Plateosauridae | family | subjective synonym of Anchisauridae | stated without evidence | Galton, 1971 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated without evidence | Benedetto, 1973 | | Plateosauridae | family | subjective synonym of Anchisauridae | stated without evidence | Galton, 1973 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated with evidence | Galton, 1976 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated without evidence | Galton and Cluver, 1976 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Palaeopoda | stated without evidence | Van Heerden, 1978 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated with evidence | Bonaparte, 1978 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated without evidence | Anderson and Cruickshank, 1978 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | implied | Benton, 1979 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated without evidence | Ostrom, 1980 | | Plateosauridae | family | subjective synonym of Anchisauridae | stated without evidence | Cooper, 1981 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated without evidence | Dong et al., 1983 | | Plateosauridae | family | subjective synonym of Anchisauridae | stated with evidence | Olsen and Galton, 1984 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated without evidence | Attridge et al., 1985 | | Plateosauridae | family | subjective synonym of Anchisauridae | stated without evidence | Galton, 1985 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated without evidence | Battail, 1986 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated with evidence | Zhang and Yang, 1995 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Plateosauria | stated without evidence | Sereno, 1997 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Plateosauria | stated with evidence | Sereno, 1998 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated without evidence | Galton and Van Heerden, 1998 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Plateosauria | stated with evidence | Sereno, 1999 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Prosauropoda | stated without evidence | Knoll, 2004 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Sauropodomorpha | stated without evidence | Leal et al., 2004 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Plateosauria | stated with evidence | Upchurch et al., 2007 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Plateosauria | stated without evidence | Smith and Pol, 2007 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Plateosauria | stated with evidence | Martínez, 2009 | | Plateosauridae | family | belongs to Sauropodomorpha | stated with evidence | McPhee et al., 2015 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 212 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 201 - 191 Ma
Early Jurassic |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Diapsida) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | O. C. Marsh. 1895. On the affinities and classification of the dinosaurian reptiles. American Journal of Science 50(300):483-498 |
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| Common Name(s) | Plateosaurid |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plateosauridae |
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