Ruehleia

DV-0494 · type species Ruehleia bedheimensis

Lived: 227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs, Plateosauridae
Found in: Germany
Named by: Galton 2001

Field notes

About Ruehleia

Ruehleia was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago. It belongs to the family Plateosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ruehleia, from Germany. Its fossils come from the Trossingen Formation. It was named by Galton in 2001.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

220 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Plateosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. M. Galton. 2001. The prosauropod dinosaur Plateosaurus Meyer, 1837 (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha; Upper Triassic). II. Notes on the referred species. Revue Paléobiologie, Genève 20(2):435-502