Plateosaurus: "Viennan" Dino Could Use Tail as a whip...

A research team has dedicated itself to the anatomy of the tail of the specimen of Plateosaurus trossingensis, which was recovered in Switzerland and exhibited in Vienna.

Since 2021, the remains of a 210 million-year-old Plateosaur have been part of the show at the Natural History Museum (NHM) Vienna. A research team has now devoted itself in detail to the anatomy of the tail of the "Vienna" specimen of Plateosaurus trossingensis, which was recovered in Switzerland. The conclusion: The plant eater could have used it as a veritable whip with quite a lot of power against predators, as it is called in the journal "R…

The tail spine of the dinos in the NHM is particularly well preserved