Dinosaurs Around the World · Drawing 04 of 34
Plateosaurus
Europe · Triassic
Plateosaurus was a Triassic plant-eater. Like the later long-necked giants, it had a long neck and a small head.
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Adults walked on their two hind legs.
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Are its hind legs longer than its arms?
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Trace the long neck with your finger.
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The drawing represents an adult Plateosaurus, known from Europe, including Germany. Studies of the hands and limbs support bipedal movement in adults. Their hands could not be placed flat like those of a four-legged walker. Older sources sometimes show it on four legs.
Sources and illustration notes (2)
Simplified reconstruction. Pose, unpreserved tissues and setting are interpreted. Choose your own colours; animals are not to one scale.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- Natural History Museum: PlateosaurusLate Triassic plant-eater from Germany, France and Switzerland, with a long neck and small head.
- Palaeontologia Electronica: Motion range of the manus of Plateosaurus engelhardti von Meyer, 1837Adults were obligate bipeds; their hands could not support four-legged walking.
Page prepared on October 4, 2026. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
This drawing is from the book Dinosaurs Around the World to Colour
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