Schleitheimia

Schleitheimia
Temporal range: Norian
~222–209 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropodiformes
Genus: Schleitheimia
Rauhut, Holwerda & Furrer, 2020
Type species
Schleitheimia schutzi
Rauhut, Holwerda & Furrer, 2020

Schleitheimia (named after the type locality of Schleitheim), is an extinct genus of sauropodiform sauropodomorph dinosaur,[1] from the Gruhalde Member of Klettgau Formation of Switzerland. The type species, Schleitheimia schutzi was formally described in 2020.[1]

  1. ^ a b Oliver W. M. Rauhut; Femke M. Holwerda; Heinz Furrer (2020). "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. doi:10.1186/s00015-020-00360-8.