Schleitheimia schutzi Rauhut et al. 2020 (sauropodomorph)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: O. W. M. Rauhut, F. M. Holwerda, and H. Furrer. 2020. A derived sauropodiform dinosaur and other sauropodomorph material from the Late Triassic of Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 113:8:1-54

Belongs to Schleitheimia according to O. W. M. Rauhut et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIMUZ A/III 550, a limb element (partial right ilium). Its type locality is Santierge, Schleitheim, which is in a Norian terrestrial conglomerate/marl in the Klettgau Formation of Switzerland.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Santierge, Schleitheim

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