| Ruehleia | |
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| Neck vertebrae, Naturkunde Museum, Berlin | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Genus: | †Ruehleia Galton, 2001 |
| Species: | †R. bedheimensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ruehleia bedheimensis Galton, 2001 | |
Ruehleia is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Late Triassic period of Germany. The type species is R. bedheimensis, described by Galton in 2001,[1] and is named for the German paleontologist Hugo Ruehle von Lilienstern. The fossils consist of one nearly complete skeleton, consisting of cervical (neck), dorsal (back), and caudal (tail) vertebrae; a partial sacrum; a scapulocoracoid; pelvic bones; most of the limb bones; and partially complete manus (hands).[2]
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Vertebrae and ribs, Naturkunde Museum, Berlin
The fossils were found in central Germany and date to the Norian stage, around 216 to 208 million years ago.[1]
References
- ^ a b Galton, P.M. (2001). "Prosauropod dinosaurs from the Upper Triassic of Germany", In Colectivo Arqueologico-Paleontologico de Salas, C.A.S. (Eds.): Actas de las I Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontologia de Dinosaurios y su Entorno [Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Paleontology of Dinosaurs and Their Environment], 25–92.
- ^ *Galton describing Ruehleia