Ruehleia

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Ruehleia Fossil range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Sauropodomorpha Infraorder: Prosauropoda Genus: Ruehleia Galton, 2001
Species
R. bedheimensis Galton, 2001 (type)

Ruehleia is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur from the Late Triassic period of Germany. The type species is R. bedheimensis, described by Galton in 2001, and is named for the German paleontologist Hugo Ruehle von Lilienstern.

[edit] References

• Galton describing Ruehleia