Ruehleia

Say it like this: “ROO-lee-uh”

Ruehleia bedheimensis

Ruehleia ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in Germany.

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When: Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
Named in: 2001 · Galton, P. M.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 7.6 m · 25 ft
Weight: Not established
Found in: Germany · Arnstadt
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two legs
Kind: early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
Family branch: Plateosauria

The story in short

In 2001, P. M. Galton published the name Ruehleia. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

It lived in the Late Triassic (Norian), roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago. Finds come from Germany, including the Arnstadt Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Ruehleia at a length near 7.6 m.

On the family tree it sits in Plateosauria, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Musankwa

Musankwa sanyatiensis

Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago

Plateosauravus

Plateosauravus cullingworthi

Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian) · roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago

Pradhania

Pradhania gracilis

Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago