In Depth
Fossils of Schleitheimia were originally recovered in the early 1950s by Emil Schutz, then in 1986 named as belonging to Plateosaurus. A subsequent study of the fossils in 2020 (Rauhut et al) found them different enough to warrant the creation of a new genus. The name Schleitheimia is derived from the name Schleitheim, the location where they were first found. The type species name S. schutzi is in honour of Emil Schutz.
Further Reading
- A derived sauropodiform dinosaur and other sauropodomorph material from the Late Triassic of Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland. - Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 113 (1): Article number 8. - Oliver W. M. Rauhut, Femke M. Holwerda & Heinz Furrer - 2020.
