Xiaosaurus
Field photograph to come
Xiaosaurus
DV-0290
- Lived
- 171 to 155 million years ago, Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Fabrosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Dong and Tang 1983
Field notes
About Xiaosaurus
Xiaosaurus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, 171 to 155 million years ago. It belongs to the family Fabrosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Xiaosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shaximiao Formation. It was named by Dong and Tang in 1983.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Fabrosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Z. Dong and Z. Tang. 1983. New ornithopod genus from the Middle Jurassic of Sichuan Basin, China . Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21(2):168-171