Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus is a Triassic pro-sauropod, and inhabited Germany, France, Switzerland, and Greenland territory 214 million years ago. Its name means “flat/broad lizard”. The first vertebrae and toes fossils were found in 1834 in Germany, near Nuremberg. Between 1911 and 1932 a huge find of 35 largely preserved skeletons and almost 70 specimen fragments were recovered. Unfortunately, the exhibition was irretrievably lost in 1944 after a major museum fire.
Plateosaurus was 5 to 10 metres long giant with 600 kg to 2 tonnes weight. The pear shaped body ended up with a huge 40 caudal vertebrae tail, crowned by a small head on a long 10 cervical vertebrae neck. More than 60 teeth packed the mouth. However, most of them were spread through the upper jaw.
