Gasosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0306Shaximiao Fm., China

Gasosaurus

DV-0306

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

1 find

165 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Gasosaurus?

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Gasosaurus: about 4 m (13 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical theropod shape

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