Pachysaurus magnus von Huene, 1907

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 : 67

Pachysaurus magnus von Huene, 1907

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Type material

Holotype (examined)

GERMANY – Pfrondorf, Trossingen Formation • third sacral vertebra; GPIT-PV-60298 • five ribs in a block; GPIT-PV-60166 , GPIT-PV-60167 • three fragments of the left scapula, and the proximal part of the right scapula; GPIT-PV-60169 • proximal part of a right humerus; GPIT-PV-60182 • proximal end of the radius; GPIT-PV-60294 • the shaft of the right ulna; GPIT-PV-60295 • metacarpal I with the proximal end of the phalanx I.1; GPIT-PV-60176 • metacarpals II and III; GPIT-PV-60174 • metacarpal V; GPIT-PV-60173 • ungual phalanx (manual?); GPIT-PV-60310 • proximal end of fibula; GPIT-PV-111909 .

Figures

Fig. 8. Holotype of ‘Pachysaurus magnus’ described by von Huene (1907) and illustrated on the reconstruction of ‘Pachysaurus ajax’ redrawn from von Huene (1907: pl. 103). A. GPIT-PV-60166, fragments of five putatively thoracic in lateral view. B. GPIT-PV-60169, fragments corresponding to the proximal end of the right scapula in medial view. C. GPIT-PV-60169, fragments corresponding to the distal end of the left scapula in lateral view. D. GPIT-PV-60182, proximal portion of the right humerus in medial view.E. GPIT-PV-60294, proximal end of the left radius in medial view. F. GPIT-PV-60295, shaft of the left ulna in lateral view. G. GPIT-PV-60291, left metacarpal V in ventral view. H. GPIT-PV-60176, right metacarpal I with the proximal end of phalanx I.1 in anterior view. I. GPIT-PV-60310, left ungual phalanx, possibly from digit II in lateral view. J. GPIT-PV-60174, left metacarpal II and metacarpal III fused together in anterior view. K. GPIT-PV-60175, left metacarpal IV in anterior view. L. GPIT- PV-60173, left metacarpal V with a fragment of phalanx V.1 in anterior view. M. GPIT-PV-60298, third sacral vertebra in anterior view. N. GPIT-PV-60321, possibly a proximal end of the left fibula, not described by von Huene, in lateral view with a hole drilled for the collection of the palaeohistological sample GPIT-PV-111902. O. GPIT-PV-60308, fragments of centra. The human skeleton represents a height of 1.75 m, as originally drawn by von Huene (1907: pl. 103), suggesting the reconstruction represents a 4 metre tall sauropodomorph. Reconstruction and photographs made by the authors, with photos taken on the labelled side or on the side that was illustrated in the past.