Pronunciation: PLAT-ee-o-SOR-ree-uh
Author: Gustav Tornier
Year: 1913
Meaning: Broad lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Both bipedal and quadrupedal (2 and 4 legs)
Synonyms: None known
Author: Gustav Tornier
Year: 1913
Meaning: Broad lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Both bipedal and quadrupedal (2 and 4 legs)
Synonyms: None known
[Sereno, 2005]Definition
The least inclusive clade containing Plateosaurus engelhardti and Massospondylus carinatus, but not Saltasaurus loricatus.
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Etymology
Although shrouded in mystery because Tornier didn't provide a meaning for the name of group anchor Plateosaurus, Plataeosauria is probably derived from the Greek "plateos" (broad, wide, bulky, in reference to its robust limb bones) and "sauros "lizard", and the Latin "-ia" (plural).
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References
• Tornier G (1913) "Reptilia (Paläontologie)". Handwörterbuch Naturwissenschaften 8: 337-376
• Galton P (2001) "The prosauropod dinosaur Plateosaurus MEYER, 1837 (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha; Upper Triassic). II. Notes on the referred species". Revue de Paleobiologie, 20(2): 435-502
• Galton PM and Upchurch P (2004) "Prosauropoda". Page 232–258 in Weishampel, Dodson and Osmólska (Eds.) "The Dinosauria: Second Edition".
