TY  - JOUR
A1  - Regalado Fernández, Omar Rafael
A1  - Stöhr, Henrik
A1  - Kästle, Benedikt
A1  - Werneburg, Ingmar
T1  - Diversity and taxonomy of the Late Triassic sauropodomorphs (Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha) stored in the Palaeontological Collection of Tübingen, Germany, historically referred to Plateosaurus
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - The genus Plateosaurus is one of the most challenging aspects of early-diverging sauropodomorph taxonomy, with a total of 29 names and a century of revisions. As a result, nomina dubia have been treated as synonyms of Plateosaurus trossingensis, adding to the confusion about the extent of morphological variability. Here, we provide a thorough revision of the taxonomy proposed by von Huene as well as the subsequent taxonomic interpretations of Plateosaurus through a complete inventory of the specimens stored in the Palaeontological Collection of Tübingen. We reassess the status of the specimens in the collection and propose that the sauropodomorph-bearing layers are not necessarily monospecific. Most of the original fieldwork documentation has been lost, but we use the taxonomy established by von Huene as a historical reference point to reconstruct what was known at the time. This revised taxonomy of Plateosaurus narrows the genus to three species: Pl. trossingensis, Pl. longiceps, and Pl. gracilis (as a metataxon), and restricts the genera Gresslyosaurus and Pachysaurus to large and robust individuals, as pragmatic decisions aimed to test their affinities to other Late Triassic sauropodomorphs. Future studies should consider not only morphological variability, but also stratigraphy, palaeogeography, and environmental data when delineating species within and outside the Plateosaurus plexus.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 913 
KW  - Sauropodomorpha
KW  - Late Triassi
KW  - Trossingen Formation
KW  - Löwenstein Formation
KW  - Plateosaurus plexus
Y1  - 2023
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/73569
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-735697
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2023
IS  - 913
SP  - 1
EP  - 88
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -