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early long-neck
Tuebingosaurus
Say it like this: “tur-bin-jo-sor-us”
Tuebingosaurus maierfritzorum
Tuebingosaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in Germany.
- When
- Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 2022 · Fernández, O. R. R.; Werneburg, I.
- Hip height
- 2.6 m · 9 ft
- Length
- 7.8 m · 26 ft
- Weight
- 1 tonnes
- Found in
- Germany · Trossingen
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Sauropodiformes
The story in short
Tuebingosaurus was formally named in 2022 by O. R. R. Fernández and I. Werneburg. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Tuebingosaurus date to the Late Triassic (Norian), roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago. Finds come from Germany, including the Trossingen Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Tuebingosaurus at a length near 7.8 m, hips about 2.6 m high, and a body mass around 1 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Sauropodiformes, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aardonyx
Aardonyx celestae
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Anchisaurus
Anchisaurus polyzelus
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Blikanasaurus
Blikanasaurus cromptoni
Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian) · roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago