Tag Archive for 'Klettgau Formation'

Articulated skull of the new massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaur in right lateral view. Scale bars - 5 cm. Image credit: Lania et al., doi: 10.1186/s13358-025-00373-6.

Fossil of Triassic Sauropodomorph Dinosaur Discovered in Switzerland

Jul 21, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have discovered the skeletal remains of an entirely new, yet-to-be-named species of massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaur in the Klettgau...

Diagram of the Plateosaurus trossingensis skeleton as part of the Teoplati exhibit at the Natural History Museum of the University of Zurich. Image credit: Dupuis et al., doi: 10.1186/s13358-025-00368-3.

Triassic Sauropodomorph Dinosaur Suffered from Severe Bone Tissue Infection

Jun 17, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

A ream of paleontologists at the University of Zurich reports a chronic case of osteomyelitis (bone tissue infection) in Plateosaurus trossingensis, one...