Niwon 1911 ati 1932, excavations nigba mefa oko akoko asiwaju nipa German palaeontologists Eberhard Fraas (1911<unk>1912), Friedrich von Huene (1921<unk>23), ati nikẹhin Reinhold Seemann (1932) fi han a lapapọ ti 35 pipe tabi apakan pipe egungun ti Plateosaurus, bi daradara bi fragmentary ku ti to 70 siwaju sii awọn ẹni-kọọkan. Awọn nọmba nla ti awọn ayẹwo lati Swabia ti tẹlẹ ti fa German palaeontologist Friedrich von Quenstedt lati nickname awọn ẹranko Schwächer Lindmurus (Swabian egungun egungun egungun tabi Swabian egungun dragoni).
àwọn egungun ara Plateosaurus,