Biography
Huene was born in Tübingen, Kingdom of Württemberg. His discoveries include the skeletons of more than 35 individuals of Plateosaurus in the famous Trossingen quarry, the early proto-dinosaur Saltopus in 1910, Proceratosaurus in 1926, the giant Antarctosaurus in 1929, and numerous other dinosaurs and fossilized animals like pterosaurs. He also was the first to naming several higher taxa, including Prosauropoda and Sauropodomorpha.
Liassaurus huenei, an early carnivorous theropod, was named for him in 1995 though the genus is invalid.
He visited the Geopark of Paleorrota in 1928, and there collected the Prestosuchus chiniquensis in 1938.
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