Aardonyx

DV-0714 · type species Aardonyx celestae

Lived: 201 to 193 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Length: about 8 m (26 ft)
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: South Africa
Named by: Yates et al. 2010

Field notes

About Aardonyx

Aardonyx was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 193 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Aardonyx, from South Africa. Its fossils come from the Elliot Formation. It was named by Yates et al. in 2010.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

195 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Aardonyx?

Aardonyx: about 8 m (26 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical early sauropodomorph shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropodiformes.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. M. Yates, M. F. Bonnan, and J. Neveling, A. Chinsamy, M. G. Blackbeard. 2010. A new transitional sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa and the evolution of sauropod feeding and quadrupedalism. Proceedings of The Royal Society B 277(1682):787-794