Tag Archive for 'Plateosaurus'

Diagram of the Plateosaurus trossingensis skeleton as part of the Teoplati exhibit at the Natural History Museum of the University of Zurich. Image credit: Dupuis et al., doi: 10.1186/s13358-025-00368-3.

Triassic Sauropodomorph Dinosaur Suffered from Severe Bone Tissue Infection

Jun 17, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

A ream of paleontologists at the University of Zurich reports a chronic case of osteomyelitis (bone tissue infection) in Plateosaurus trossingensis, one...

View of the cliff face at Lavernock Point from the east end of the beach, showing the red mudstones of the Williton Member (Mercia Mudstone Formation) transitioning upwards into the interbedded shales of the Westbury Formation. Image credit: Evans et al., doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2024.05.001.

205-Million-Year-Old Bone Bed Sheds Light on History of Dinosaurs in Wales

May 30, 2024 by News Staff

The newly-discovered Late Triassic bone bed at Lavernock, South Wales, represents a storm deposit that preserves a rich coastal marine assemblage with...

$A reconstruction of Tuebingosaurus maierfritzorum. The cortical bone on the left side of the fossil is fractured into flakes, which can be explained if the carcass was exposed over a long time on the mud, two to four years, before being buried -- in the reconstruction, the animal will fall to its right body side. The reconstruction shows the animal sinking in a mud trap, attacked by a rauisuchian, Teratosaurus, which has also been found in the Trossingen Formation in Baden-Württemberg. In the background, a herd of Plateosaurus trossingensis runs away from the scene. The flora in the swamp is reconstructed based on fossils from the Germanic basin, with shoots of horsetails and ferns covering the swamp and a forest comprising cycads, lycophytes and coniferous plants. Image credit: O.R.R. Fernández & I. Werneburg, doi: 10.3897/vz.72.e86348.$

New Long-Necked Dinosaur Species Discovered after Century in University’s Collection

Sep 8, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of sauropodomorph dinosaur has been discovered, after being misidentified as Plateosaurus trossingensis and kept in the Palaeontological...

New Species of Plant-Eating Dinosaur Identified in Switzerland

Jul 16, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of long-necked herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Triassic period has been identified from fossils found in northern Switzerland. Schleitheimia...