Title
Redescription of a nearly complete skull of Plateosaurus (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) from the late Triassic of Trossingen (Germany)
Title Variants
Alternative:
Plateosaurus
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3727
By
Prieto-Márquez, Albert, 1974-
Norell, Mark A.
Huene, Friedrich R., Freiherr von, 1875-1969
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
[New York], American Museum of Natural History, c2011
Notes
Caption title.
"November 21, 2011."
Specimen collected by Friedrich von Huene in 1925.
The nearly complete, disarticulated skull of AMNH FARB 6810, a specimen of the basal sauropodomorph Plateosaurus collected in 1925 from the Norian (late Triassic) strata of the Knollenmergel beds of Trossingen (Germany), is redescribed. This study supports referral of AMNH FARB 6810 to P. erlenbergiensis on the basis of the following characters: occipital condyle above level of parasphenoid; basisphenoid with transverse, subvertical lamina extending between basipterygoid processes, with ventrally projecting median process; and peglike process projecting medially from the middle of the palatine. Furthermore, P. longiceps is regarded a junior synonym of P. erlenbergiensis because the type specimen of the latter is diagnostic (displaying the above-noted apomorphies of the braincase and palatine) and, chronologically, P. erlenbergiensis has priority over P. longiceps.
Subjects
Anatomy
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Germany
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Paleontology
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Plateosaurus
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Plateosaurus erlenbergiensis
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Skull
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Triassic
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Trossingen
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3727 2011
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
761932702
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