Plateosaurus
Pronunciation: PLAT-ee-oh-SAW-rus
Meaning: Broad Lizard
📅
Triassic
Period
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Herbivore
Diet
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Early Long-Neck
Category
📏 Size
8m
Length
3m
Height
4.0t
Weight
📖 About this dinosaur
Plateosaurus was one of the first large plant-eaters and an ancestor of the giant sauropods.
⭐ Did you know?
- 💡It was one of the first big dinosaurs!
- 💡Hundreds of fossils were found in Germany.
- 💡It could walk on either two or four legs.