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.