- Plateosauravus
Taxobox
name = "Plateosauravus"
fossil_range =Late Triassic
status = Fossil
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Sauropsid a
superordo =Dinosaur ia
ordo =Saurischia
subordo =Sauropodomorpha
infraordo =Prosauropoda
familia = unknown
genus = "Plateosauravus"
genus_authority = von Huene, 1932
species = "P. cullingworthi"
species_authority =Sidney Haughton , 1924
binomial = "Plateosauravus cullingworthi"
binomial_authority = von Huene, 1932"Plateosauravus" ("
grandfather of "Plateosaurus ") is a basal sauropodomorph of uncertain affinities from the lateTriassic ofSouth Africa .Sidney Haughton named "Plateosaurus cullingworthi" in 1924 from a partial skeleton,Haughton, S.H. (1924). The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg Series. "Annals of the South African Museum" 12:323-497.] whichFriedrich von Huene reassessed in 1932 as belonging to a new genus, that he named "Plateosauravus".von Huene, F. (1932). Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte. "Monographien zur Geologie und Palaeontologie", series 1:4, 361 pp.]Jacques van Heerden reassigned it to "Euskelosaurus " in 1976, and this has been how it was usually considered.van Heerden, J. (1979). The morphology and taxonomy of "Euskelosaurus " (Reptilia: Saurischia; Late Triassic) from South Africa. "Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum" 4(2):23-84.] However, recent study indicates that "Euskelosaurus" is based on undiagnostic material; in his series of sauropodomorph and basal sauropod papers, Adam Yates has recommended no longer using "Euskelosaurus" and has suggested the use of "Plateosauravus" instead for what is normally thought of as "Euskelosaurus".Yates, A.M. (2003). A new species of the primitive dinosaur "Thecodontosaurus " (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha) and its implications for the systematics of early dinosaurs. "Journal of Systematic Palaeontology" 1(1):1-42] Yates, A.M., and Kitching, J.W. (2003). The earliest known sauropod dinosaur and the first steps towards sauropod locomotion. "Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B" 270(1525):1753-1758.] Yates, A.M. (2006). Solving a dinosaurian puzzle: the identity of "Aliwalia rex " Galton. "Historical Biology", iFirst article, 1-30.]References
External links
* [http://dml.cmnh.org/2003Jul/msg00126.html Adam Yates on basal sauropodomorphs]
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