Plateosauridae
| Plateosauridae Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Plateosauridae is a family of the Infraorder Prosauropoda of the Suborder Sauropodomorpha. Plateosaurids were early sauropodomorph dinosaurs which lived during the Late Triassic. Although several dinosaurs have been classified as plateosaurids over the years, a 2007 study (by Yates) found only Plateosaurus and Unaysaurus valid plateosaurids. In another study, Yates (2003) merged Sellosaurus into Plateosaurus (as P. gracilis)
References
- Yates, Adam M. (2003) Species taxonomy of the sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Löwenstein Formation (Norian, Late Triassic) of Germany. Palaeontology 46(2):317-337.
- Yates, Adam M. (2007) "The first complete skull of the Triassic dinosaur Melanorosaurus Haughton (Sauropodomorpha: Anchisauria)". In Barrett & Batten (eds.), Evolution and Palaeobiology pp. 9–55.
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