Reptilia - Saurischia - Plateosauravidae
Full reference: F. v. Huene. 1929. Kurze Übersicht über die Saurischia und ihre natürlichen Zusammenhänge [A brief survey of the Saurischia and their natural context]. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 11:269-273
Parent taxon: Prosauropoda according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966
See also Heerden 1979, Huene 1929, Huene 1948, Kuhn 1946, Olsen and Galton 1984 and Steel 1970
Sister taxa: Aetonyx, Aetonyx palustris, Agrosaurus, Anchisauridae, Aristosaurus, Aristosaurus erectus, Barrancapus, Dimodosaurus, Dromicosaurus, Dromicosaurus gracilis, Euskelesauridae, Euskelosaurus africanus, Fulengia, Gigantoscelus, Gresslyosaurus, Gryponyx, Gryponyx africanus, Gryponyx taylori, Gryponyx transvaalensis, Gyposaurus capensis, Hortalotarsus, Hortalotarsus skirtopodus, Leptospondylus, Massospondylus browni, Massospondylus harriesi, Massospondylus schwarzi, Mussauridae, Orinosaurus, Orinosaurus capensis, Otozoidae, Pachysauriscus, Pachysaurops, Pachysaurus, Pachyspondylus, Plateosaurus stormbergensis, Pseudotetrasauropus, Pseudotetrasauropus acutunguis, Pseudotetrasauropus curtus, Pseudotetrasauropus elegans, Pseudotetrasauropus francisci, Rotodactylopus, Tawasaurus, Teratosaurus trossingensis, Tetrasauropus, Thecodontosaurus dubius, Thecodontosaurus minor, Yimenosaurus, Yunnanosauridae, Zanclodon bavaricus
Subtaxa: none
Type: Plateosauravus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plateosauravidae in the database