Coloradisaurus
Field photograph to come
Coloradisaurus
DV-0281
- Lived
- 227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
- Length
- about 4 m (13 ft)
- Group
- Early sauropodomorphs, Massospondylidae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Lambert 1983
Field notes
About Coloradisaurus
Coloradisaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago. It belongs to the family Massospondylidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Coloradisaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Los Colorados Formation. It was named by Lambert in 1983.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
220 million years ago
To scale
How big was Coloradisaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Massospondylidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: D. Lambert. 1983. A Field Guide to Dinosaurs. Avon Books, New York