Arcusaurus
Field photograph to come
Arcusaurus
DV-0772
- Lived
- 201 to 193 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Group
- Early sauropodomorphs
- Found in
- South Africa
- Named by
- Yates et al. 2011
Field notes
About Arcusaurus
Arcusaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 193 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Arcusaurus, from South Africa. Its fossils come from the Elliot Formation. It was named by Yates et al. in 2011.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
195 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Sauropodomorpha.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. M. Yates, M. F. Bonnan, and J. Neveling. 2011. A new basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(3):610-625