Seitaad

DV-0756 · type species Seitaad ruessi

Lived: 193 to 175 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: United States
Named by: Sertich and Loewen 2010

Field notes

About Seitaad

Seitaad was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 193 to 175 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Seitaad, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Navajo Sandstone Formation. It was named by Sertich and Loewen in 2010.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

185 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Segisaurustheropod

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropodiformes.

AardonyxEarly Jurassic
MussaurusEarly Jurassic
YunnanosaurusEarly Jurassic
MelanorosaurusLate Triassic to Early Jurassic
GongxianosaurusEarly Jurassic
LedumahadiEarly Jurassic
LeonerasaurusEarly Jurassic
CamelotiaLate Triassic

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. J. W. Sertich and M. A. Loewen. 2010. A new basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone of southern Utah. PLoS One 5(3):e9789