Soumyasaurus
Field photograph to come
Soumyasaurus
DV-1038
- Lived
- 227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Silesauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Sarigul et al. 2018
Field notes
About Soumyasaurus
Soumyasaurus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago. It belongs to the family Silesauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Soumyasaurus, from Texas. Its fossils come from the Cooper Canyon Formation. It was named by Sarigul et al. in 2018.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
220 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Silesauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: V. Sarigul, F. Agnolin, and S. Chatterjee. 2018. Description of a multitaxic bone assemblage from the Upper Triassic Post Quarry of Texas (Dockum Group), including a new small basal dinosauriform taxon. Historia Natural 8(1):5-24