Gasosaurus
Field photograph to come
Gasosaurus
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- Lived
- 171 to 155 million years ago, Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- about 4 m (13 ft)
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Dong and Tang 1985
Field notes
About Gasosaurus
Gasosaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, 171 to 155 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Gasosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shaximiao Formation. It was named by Dong and Tang in 1985.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
To scale
How big was Gasosaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Tetanurae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Z. Dong and Z. Tang. 1985. A new Mid-Jurassic theropod (<i>Gasosaurus constructus</i> gen. et sp. nov.) from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 23(1):77-83