Chindesaurus

DV-0379

Lived: 227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
Length: about 4 m (13 ft)
Group: Early dinosaurs
Found in: United States
Named by: Long and Murry 1995

Field notes

About Chindesaurus

Chindesaurus was an early dinosaur that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Chindesaurus, from Arizona. Its fossils come from the Chinle Formation. It was named by Long and Murry in 1995.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

220 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Chindesaurus?

Chindesaurus: about 4 m (13 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical early dinosaur shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Saurischia.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. A. Long and P. A. Murry. 1995. Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) Tetrapods from the Southwestern United States. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 4:1-254