Xixiposaurus
Field photograph to come
Xixiposaurus
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- 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
195 million years ago
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