Microdontosaurus
Field photograph to come
Microdontosaurus
DV-0284 · type species Microdontosaurus dayensis
- Lived
- 175 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Zhao 1983
Field notes
About Microdontosaurus
Microdontosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 175 to 162 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Microdontosaurus, from China. It was named by Zhao in 1983.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
170 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Sauropoda.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Z. Dong. 1992. Dinosaurian Faunas of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing