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Tuebingosaurus fossil map

Where fossils of Tuebingosaurus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 215 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 215 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Tuebingosaurus
Image: Omar Rafael Regalado Fernández, Ingmar Werneburg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupSauropods & prosauropods
Lived227.3–205.7 million years ago (Norian)
PeriodsTriassic
Named byRegalado Fernández and Werneburg 2022
Fossil records1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inGermany
Rock formationsLöwenstein

About Tuebingosaurus

Tuebingosaurus (meaning "Tübingen lizard") is an extinct genus of massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Late Triassic Trossingen Formation of Germany. The genus contains a single species, Tuebingosaurus maierfritzorum, originally identified as a specimen of Plateosaurus.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Tuebingosaurus (revision 1325814108), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q113859091.

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