Sarahsaurus

DV-0799 · type species Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis

Lived: 200 to 184 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs, Massospondylidae
Found in: United States
Named by: Rowe et al. 2011

Field notes

About Sarahsaurus

Sarahsaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 200 to 184 million years ago. It belongs to the family Massospondylidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Sarahsaurus, from Arizona. Its fossils come from the Kayenta Formation. It was named by Rowe et al. in 2011.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

190 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Massospondylidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. B. Rowe, H.-D. Sues, and R. R. Reisz. 2011. Dispersal and diversity in the earliest North American sauropodomorph dinosaurs, with a description of a new taxon. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278:1044-1053