Tawa
Field photograph to come
Tawa
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- Lived
- 227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
- Group
- Early dinosaurs
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Nesbitt et al. 2009
Field notes
About Tawa
Tawa was an early dinosaur that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Tawa, from New Mexico. Its fossils come from the Chinle Formation. It was named by Nesbitt et al. in 2009.
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 Saurischia.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. J. Nesbitt, N. D. Smith, and R. B. Irmis, A. H. Turner, A. Downs, M. A. Norell. 2009. A complete skeleton of a Late Triassic saurischian and the early evolution of dinosaurs. Science 326:1530-1533