Gresslyosaurus

Gresslyosaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic,
~214–204 Ma
Gresslyosaurus ingens holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Family: Plateosauridae
Genus: Gresslyosaurus
Rütimeyer, 1857
Type species
Gresslyosaurus ingens
Rütimeyer, 1857
Other species[1]
  • G. plieningeri Huene, 1905
  • G. robustus Huene, 1905
  • G. torgeri Jaekel, 1911
Synonyms[1]
  • Dinosaurus Rütimeyer, 1856 (nomen nudum)
  • Plateosaurus plieningeri Huene, 1905

Gresslyosaurus (meaning "Amanz Gressly's lizard") is a genus of plateosaurian sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period, around 214 to 204 million years ago, in France, Germany, Norway, Greenland and Switzerland.

  1. ^ a b "Gresslyosaurus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 5 April 2021.