Tuebingosaurus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Massopoda |
| Genus: | †Tuebingosaurus Regalado Fernández & Werneburg, 2022 |
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| †Tuebingosaurus maierfritzorum Regalado Fernández & Werneburg, 2022
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Tuebingosaurus (meaning "Tübingen lizard") is a genus of massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Late Triassic Trossingen Formation of Germany. The type and only species is T. maierfritzorum, originally identified as a specimen of Plateosaurus.[1]
Discovery and naming
The holotype, GPIT-PV-30787, also known as "GPIT IV", is a partial postcranial skeleton. It was discovered in 1922 and stored in the paleontological collection of the university of Tübingen. It was originally assigned to the species
Classification
Although its describers only assigned it as a massopodan sauropodomorph, they also performed a phylogenetic analysis which placed it within the Sauropoda proper, possibly close to Schleitheimia.[1]
Paleoenvironment
The Trossingen Formation was originally interpreted as a synchronic deposit of animals, but is now considered to be a constant accumulation of mired carcasses that were deposited over hundreds of years by a river. Other specimens from this deposit include the theropod Liliensternus and several sauropodomorphs assigned to Plateosaurus and several associated names, which are in need of revision.[1]
References
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- ^ von Huene F (1932) Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte. Monographien zur Geologie und Palaeontologie (Serie 1) 4: 1–361.