the absence of currents near the sea floor, the weathering likely took place while the specimen was still on land or near the shore, perhaps in a river delta. Based on this evidence, Wild concluded that the specimen must have been transported and deposited twice: Once from its place of death to the first site of deposition near the coast, where the weathering took place, and then to its final site of deposition far off the coast. The final transport could have happened through strong currents near the surface. Wild, however, considered it more likely that scavengers such as crocodiles or plesiosaurs brought the specimen to its final site because of the massiveness of the tibia and the considerable distance to the coast. It was probably only during this second transport that the carcass got separated: the tibia and ankle were found in articulation, indicating that soft tissue was still in place that held these bones together when the specimen arrived at its final site. The snail Coelodiscus that was found with the specimen could have been a scavenger feeding on the decaying soft tissue. Paleoenvironment The Posidonia shale at Holzmaden was deposited in a subtropical inland sea at ca. 30°N with a water depth of . The nearest landmass, the Vindelician High, was about to the south, and evidence for terrestrial life in the shale is scarce. Ohmdenosaurus is the only known dinosaur fossil from this formation. Several flying animals are known, including the pterosaurs Dorygnathus and Campylognathoides; one layer contains abundant remains of dragonflies and net-winged insects. While driftwood is frequently found, other plant remains are rare and include horsetails, conifers, and the now extinct bennettitales. Since these remains are fragmented and sorted by water action, they provide limited information on the floral composition of their place of origin. References Sauropods Early Jurassic dinosaurs of Europe Jurassic Germany Fossils of Germany Posidonia Shale Fossil taxa described in 1978