Dens fossiler er blevet fundet i [[Tyskland]], [[Schweiz]],<ref name=Weis1984>{{cite book |author=Weishampel, D.B. |title=Third Symposium on Terrestrial Ecosystems, Short Papers. |edition= Reif, W.-E.; Westphal, F. |series= |year=1984 |publisher=ATTEMPTO |location=Tübingen |isbn= |doi= |pages=249–253 |chapter=Trossingen: E. Fraas, F. von Huene, R. Seemann, and the "Schwäbische Lindwurm" ''Plateosaurus''}}</ref> [[Frankrig]] og Grønland.<ref name=jeninsetal>{{cite journal |author1=Jenkins, F.A. Jr. |author2=Shubin, N.H. |author3=Amaral, W.W. |author4=Gatesy, S.M. |author5=Schaff, C.R. |author6=Clemmensen, L.B. |author7=Downs, W.R. |author8=Davidson, A.R. |author9=Bonde, N. |author10=Osbaeck, F. |year=1994 |title=Late Triassic continental vertebrates and depositional environments of the Fleming Fjord Formation, Jameson Land, East Greenland |journal=Meddelelser om Grønland, Geoscience |volume=32 |issue= |pages=1–25}}</ref>
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