Sanxiasaurus
Field photograph to come
Sanxiasaurus
DV-1079
- Lived
- 184 to 171 million years ago, Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Hu Dai et al. 2019
Field notes
About Sanxiasaurus
Sanxiasaurus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic, 184 to 171 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Sanxiasaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Xintiangou Formation. It was named by Hu Dai et al. in 2019.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
180 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Neornithischia.
- NanosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- EnigmacursorLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- AgilisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- PulaosaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- YandusaurusMiddle Jurassic
- MinimocursorLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- HexinlusaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- StormbergiaEarly Jurassic
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: N. L. Hu Dai, C. Tan, and X. Hu, Z. Wei, Y. Lin, G. Wei, D. Li, L. Meng, B. Hao, H. You, G. Peng. 2019. A neornithischian dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of Yunyang, Chongqing, China: the earliest record in Asia. Historical Biology