Ruehleia
Sign in to saveRuehleia is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Late Triassic period of Germany. The type species is R. bedheimensis, described by Galton in 2001, and is named for the German paleontologist Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern. Discovered in 1952, the holotype consists of one nearly complete skeleton, including cervical (neck), dorsal (back), and caudal (tail) vertebrae; a partial sacrum; a scapulocoracoid; pelvic bones; most limb bones; and a partially complete manus (hands). The fossils were found in the Trossingen Formation of central Germany and date to the Norian stage, around 216 to 208 mi
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 442 inbound references to Ruehleia, and connects out to Sauropodomorpha, Rebbachisauridae and Diplodocoidea.
It sits within the topics Dinosaur genera, Dinosaurs of Germany and Fossil taxa described in 2001.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Saurischia
- Image
- Ruehleia.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- taxon name
- Ruehleia
- taxon rank
- genus
- start time
- 216000000-
- end time
- 203000000-
- Commons category
- Ruehleia
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
1 sectionsContents
- References
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, and is named for the German paleontologist Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern. Discovered in 1952, the holotype consists of one nearly complete skeleton, including cervical (neck), dorsal (back), and caudal (tail) vertebrae; a partial sacrum; a scapulocoracoid; pelvic bones; most limb bones; and a partially complete manus (hands). The fossils were found in the Trossingen Formation of central Germany and date to the Norian stage, around 216 to 208 million years ago.
thumb|left|Vertebrae and ribs, Naturkunde Museum, Berlin
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ruehleia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Available in 10 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0