Anchisaurus

DV-0048 · type species Anchisaurus polyzelus

Lived: 201 to 193 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Length: about 2 m (7 ft)
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: United States
Named by: Marsh 1885

Field notes

About Anchisaurus

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

The Paleobiology Database lists 5 finds of Anchisaurus, from Connecticut and Massachusetts. Its fossils come from the Portland Formation. It was named by Marsh in 1885.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

5 finds

195 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Anchisaurus?

Anchisaurus: about 2 m (7 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical early sauropodomorph shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Coelophysistheropod

Close relatives

Other members of Massopoda.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: O. C. Marsh. 1885. Names of extinct reptiles. American Journal of Science 29:169