Reptilia - Saurischia - Plateosauridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 56596

Alternative combination: Sellosaurus gracilis

Synonyms: Sellosaurus hermannianus Huene 1905 (no. 64686), Thecodontosaurus hermannianus Huene 1905 (no. 64685)

Full reference: F. v. Huene. 1905. Trias-Dinosaurier Europas [European Triassic dinosaurs]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 57:345-349

Belongs to Plateosaurus according to A. Otero and D. Pol 2013

Sister taxa: Plateosaurus elizae, Plateosaurus engelhardti, Plateosaurus erlenbergiensis, Plateosaurus ingens, Plateosaurus longiceps, Plateosaurus quenstedti, Plateosaurus reinigeri

Type specimens:

• Plateosaurus gracilis: SMNS 5715, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Heslach quarries, Stuttgart, "Heslacher Wand", which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.
• Thecodontosaurus hermannianus: SMNS 4388, a maxilla. Its type locality is Heslach quarries, Stuttgart, "Heslacher Wand", which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.

Ecology: herbivore