[D] Plateosaurus cullingworthi
Describer
Haughton, 1924
Time
Triassic Late Carnian Norian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Prosauropoda Plateosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Lower Elliot Formation, Cape Province, South Africa
Fall Under
Euskelosaurus browni
Info
Euskelosaurus browni (Huxley, 1866) = Plateosauravus (Huene, 1932)
Euskelosaurus browni > Euskelosaurus africanus (Haughton, 1924) Plateosaurus cullingworthi (Haughton, 1924) Plateosaurus stormbergenis (Broom, 1915) Orinosaurus capensis (Lydekker, 1889) Orosaurus (Huxley, 1867 / Peters, 1862)
Euskelosaurus browni > Euskelosaurus molengraaffi (Hoepen van, 1916) >> Gigantoscelus molengraaffi (Hoepen van, 1916)
Galton, 2001, 2002 noted that the species Plateosaurus cullingworthi based on two partail skeletons (SAM 3341, 3345, 3347, 3350, 3351, 3603, and 3607, is a junior synonym of Euskelosaurus browni