Schleitheimia schutzi
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Schleitheimia 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Triassic (222–209 Mya)
- Place
- Switzerland
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Schleitheimia (named after the type locality of Schleitheim), is an extinct genus of sauropodiform sauropodomorph dinosaur, from the Gruhalde Member of Klettgau Formation of Switzerland. The type species, Schleitheimia schutzi was formally described in 2020.
What we know
- Named by Rauhut, Holwerda & Furrer, 2020.
- Fossils found in Switzerland.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Schleitheimia — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.