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Antetonitrus Antetonitrus ingenipes Yates and Kitching 2003
/ˈæntɪtˌɑːnaɪtɹəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · 201.4–192.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
South Africa
Region
Free State
Formation
Elliot
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Antetonitrus ingenipes is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–192.9 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Free State, South Africa. It was named by Yates and Kitching 2003. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Antetonitrus ingenipes sits in deep time
Antetonitrus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Antetonitrus ingenipes's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.