Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Silesauridae
Asilisaurus Asilisaurus kongwe Nesbitt et al. 2010
/ɑːˌsiːliːˈsɔːrəs/
Middle Triassic · 247–241.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Tanzania
Region
Ruvuma
Formation
Manda Beds
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
Overview
Asilisaurus kongwe is a dinosaur known from the Middle Triassic, roughly 247.0–241.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Ruvuma, Tanzania. It was named by Nesbitt et al. 2010. The species is represented by 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~15%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Asilisaurus kongwe sits in deep time
Asilisaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Asilisaurus kongwe'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.