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Now that the article is on the main page, I just noticed that it seems to be missing a section on palaeoecology. What animals did it live alongside? How was the environment? The other featured dinosaur articles have such a section. Perhaps a short section could be added, HMallison? FunkMonk (talk) 02:10, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Have predator teeth-marks been found on any of the fossil bones? The BBC special WWD showed a Plateosaurus sp living alongside Coelophysis in N. America. Valid? 50.111.19.250 (talk) 10:54, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

All the skeleton images once identified as P. engelhardti on this article are now labeled as P. trossingensis. Has there been any source changing the identification of the specimens? (afaik, only the type species was changed, and P. engelhardti was never suppressed or synonymized with P. trossingensis — in which case the former would have priority) 49.144.202.68 (talk) 13:27, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, see [1]. Jens Lallensack (talk) 13:35, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn’t say anything about reassigning any specimens, just changing which species gets the honor of “type species”. 49.144.202.68 (talk) 15:33, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It says that the genus name "Plateosaurus" is "conserved", i.e., overwriting the priority rule. P. engelhardti is restricted to a single specimen, everything else that had been assigned to that species went to P. trossingensis. Jens Lallensack (talk) 15:40, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If its helpful, Lallensack et al. 2021 specifically list GPIT-PV-30784 (previously designated as GPIT/RE/9392, GPIT 1, or UT 1), SMNS 12949, SMNS 13200, SMNS 52967, SMNS 52968, SMNS 12950, MB.R.1937 (previously HMN XXIV), MB.R.4430.1 and AMNH FARB 6810 as trossingensis specimens. IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 17:57, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This page is mostly a direct translation of the German version I created afresh a few years ago. When setting it up I devised a new system for referencing sources that was intended to make use of the references simpler and easier, e.g., by avoiding duplicate entrances in the reference list and sorting them alphabetically. The way to achieve this but still be able to refer to specific pages within a given source was to create a NOTES section, where the exact page number of a source is called out if appropriate, and have a separate REFERENCES section where the sources are listen, in an order that can differ from the sequence by which they are called out in the text.

Over time, editing by others has somewhat confused this system. I'll set out to reestablish it, as most of the page text still adheres to it.

A lot of editing-in of recent publications has occurred, and thanks to all contributors. However, we now have an article where OLDER publications are, by accident, used to contradict NEWER works. --> all the taxonomy needs a thorough re-working! I may get to this soon, or I may not. I'll try.....