Sauropodomorpha Huene 1932

Fernández, Omar Rafael Regalado, Stöhr, Henrik, Kästle, Benedikt & Werneburg, Ingmar, 2023, Diversity and taxonomy of the Late Triassic sauropodomorphs (Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha) stored in the Palaeontological Collection of Tübingen, Germany, historically referred to Plateosaurus, European Journal of Taxonomy 913 (1), pp. 1-88 : 66

Suborder Sauropodomorpha Huene 1932

Incertae sedis

Further research is required to determine whether the following specimens can be referred to as Plateosaurus . Galton (2001a) considered several species nomina dubia due to their incompleteness and lack of sacral or femoral characters. Furthermore, their morphologies have been explained as taphonomic artefacts ( Moser 2003). However, the material is not poorly preserved, and several features can be distinguished that could make the species valid. Further work is necessary to investigate if the following specimens bear any phylogenetic or morphogeometric signal, or diagnostic features, after comparing them with other sauropodomorphs in Europe and elsewhere.

However, these comparisons are beyond the scope of this paper. Therefore, to aid researchers in consistently identifying and delineating material for work on sauropodomorphs, we resurrect the names as they constitute the type material and place them as incertae sedis. This determination should help further studies by ensuring that the material is not included a priori as samples of Plateosaurus and instead tested to see if it makes sense to consider it as part of Plateosaurus .