Plateosaurus engelhardti
Plateosaurus engelhardti
Description
Plateosaurus engelhardti is shown from a vetted PBDB fossil occurrence in Marnes irisées supérieures, United States. The occurrence is dated to the Norian interval (227.3-205.7 Ma), with locality evidence recorded as in the Villette railroad cutting, near Arbois, Poligny.
Habitat
Fossil Distribution
Plateosaurus was a herbivore. It lived in the Triassic period and inhabited Europe. Its fossils have been found in places such as Bavaria (Germany), Thuringia (Germany) and Greenland.
Taxonomy
Fun Facts
Plateosaurus engelhardti is mapped from PBDB occurrence occ:486103 in Marnes irisées supérieures, United States; interval Norian (227.3-205.7 Ma).
PBDB interval: Norian (227.3-205.7 Ma).
Fossil occurrence locality: in the Villette railroad cutting, near Arbois, Poligny.
Formation/group: Marnes irisées supérieures.
PBDB ecology: diet herbivore, habit terrestrial.