Schleitheimia

Shly-fighm-e-ah.
By Harper Gray
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Harper Gray

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Gray, H. (2016, April 29). Schleitheimia. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/schleitheimia/

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Name

Schleitheimia ‭(‬named after Schleitheim‭)‬.

Phonetic

Shly-fighm-e-ah.

Named By

Oliver W.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Rauhut,‭ ‬Femke M.‭ ‬Holwerda‭ & ‬Heinz Furrer‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Sauropodiformes.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

S.‭ ‬schutzi‭

Size

Uncertain for certain due to lack of fossil remains.

Known locations

Switzerland‭ ‬-‭ ‬Klettgau Formation.

Time Period

Late‭ (‬Norian‭?) ‬Triassic.

Fossil representation

Partial right ilium,‭ ‬additional bones‭ ‬also attributed to‭ ‬the genus because of their close proximity to the holotype.

In Depth

       Fossils of Schleitheimia were originally recovered in the early‭ ‬1950s by Emil Schutz,‭ ‬then in‭ ‬1986‭ ‬named as belonging to Plateosaurus.‭ ‬A subsequent study of the fossils in‭ ‬2020‭ (‬Rauhut et‭ ‬al‭) ‬found them different enough to warrant the creation of‭ ‬a‭ ‬new genus.‭ ‬The name Schleitheimia is derived from the name Schleitheim,‭ ‬the location where they were first found.‭ ‬The type species name S.‭ ‬schutzi is in honour of Emil Schutz.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A derived sauropodiform dinosaur and other sauropodomorph material from the Late Triassic of Canton Schaffhausen,‭ ‬Switzerland.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Swiss Journal of Geosciences.‭ ‬113‭ (‬1‭)‬:‭ ‬Article number‭ ‬8.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Oliver W.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Rauhut,‭ ‬Femke M.‭ ‬Holwerda‭ & ‬Heinz Furrer‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

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