Silesaurus
Field photograph to come
Silesaurus
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- Lived
- 237 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Silesauridae
- Found in
- Poland
- Named by
- Dzik 2003
Field notes
About Silesaurus
Silesaurus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Late Triassic, 237 to 206 million years ago. It belongs to the family Silesauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Silesaurus, from Poland. Its fossils come from rocks including the Drawno Beds Formation and the Grabowa Formation. It was named by Dzik in 2003.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
220 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Silesauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. Dzik. 2003. A beaked herbivorous archosaur with dinosaur affinities from the early Late Triassic of Poland. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):556-574