Asilisaurus

DV-0717

Lived: 247 to 242 million years ago, Middle Triassic
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Early ornithischians, Silesauridae
Found in: Tanzania
Named by: Nesbitt et al. 2010

Field notes

About Asilisaurus

Asilisaurus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Middle Triassic, 247 to 242 million years ago. It belongs to the family Silesauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Asilisaurus, from Tanzania. Its fossils come from the Manda Beds Formation. It was named by Nesbitt et al. in 2010.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

4 finds

245 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Nyasasaurusearly dinosaur

Close relatives

Other members of Silesauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. J. Nesbitt, C. A. Sidor, and R. B. Irmis, K. D. Angielczyk, R. M. H. Smith, L. A. Tsuji. 2010. Ecologically distinct dinosaurian sister group shows early diversification of Ornithodira. Nature 464:95-98