Adeopapposaurus
Field photograph to come
Adeopapposaurus
DV-0673
- Lived
- 201 to 175 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Group
- Early sauropodomorphs, Massospondylidae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Martínez 2009
Field notes
About Adeopapposaurus
Adeopapposaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 175 million years ago. It belongs to the family Massospondylidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Adeopapposaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Cañon del Colorado Formation. It was named by Martínez in 2009.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
190 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Massospondylidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. N. Martínez. 2009. Adeopapposaurus mognai, gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha), with comments on adaptations of basal Sauropodomorpha. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):142-164