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| + | [[File:Plateosaurusluisreywhammo!.jpg|thumb|254px|Plateosaurus fends off some [[Liliensternus]]]]Plateosaurus was a prosauropod, from 220 million years ago. It lived at the same time as Coelophysis, however, it was too big to be threatened by it. |
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| + | Length: 8 metres |
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| + | Height: 4 metres |
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| + | Weight: 2 tonnes |
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| + | Diet: Omnivorous |
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| + | ==Eating== |
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| + | Plateosaurus was omnivorous - it ate plants and meat. Meat, however, only made up a small part of Plateosaurus' diet - it was mostly plants. Plateosaurus stood on its hind limbs to reach tree branches.[[File:Plateosaurus.jpg|thumb|Plateosaurus feeding]] |
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| + | ==Thumb spike== |
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| + | More famously found in Iguanodon, Plateosaurus also had a thumb spike for fending off predators. The spike could also be used to pull up roots. |
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| + | ==Popular Media== |
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| + | Plateosaurus featured in Walking With Dinosaurs and Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular. |
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| + | [[File:PlateosaurusWWDTAS.jpg|thumb|left|Plateosaurus in Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular]] |
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| + | [[Category:Dinosaurs]] |
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| + | [[Category:Prosauropods]] |
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| + | [[Category:Herbivores]] |
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| + | [[Category:Triassic Dinosaurs]] |
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Latest revision as of 17:56, 22 December 2010
Plateosaurus fends off some Liliensternus
Plateosaurus was a prosauropod, from 220 million years ago. It lived at the same time as Coelophysis, however, it was too big to be threatened by it.
Fact File
Length: 8 metres
Height: 4 metres
Weight: 2 tonnes
Diet: Omnivorous
Eating
Plateosaurus was omnivorous - it ate plants and meat. Meat, however, only made up a small part of Plateosaurus' diet - it was mostly plants. Plateosaurus stood on its hind limbs to reach tree branches.
Plateosaurus feeding
Thumb spike
More famously found in Iguanodon, Plateosaurus also had a thumb spike for fending off predators. The spike could also be used to pull up roots.
Popular Media
Plateosaurus featured in Walking With Dinosaurs and Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular.
Plateosaurus in Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular