Xixiposaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0764Lufeng Fm., China

Xixiposaurus

DV-0764

Lived
201 to 193 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Group
Early sauropodomorphs, Plateosauridae
Found in
China
Named by
Sekiya 2010

Field notes

About Xixiposaurus

Xixiposaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 193 million years ago. It belongs to the family Plateosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Xixiposaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Lufeng Formation. It was named by Sekiya in 2010.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

195 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Plateosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. Sekiya. 2010. [A new prosauropod dinosaur from Lower Jurassic in Lufeng of Yunnan]. Global Geology 29(1):6-15