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Borealosaurus Borealosaurus wimani You et al. 2004

/bˌɔːɹiːləsˈɔːɹəs/ estimated
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 106.3–100.5 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding

Where It Was Found

Country
China
Region
Liaoning
Formation
Sunjiawan
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in China. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Borealosaurus wimani is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 106.3–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Liaoning, China. It was named by You et al. 2004. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Borealosaurus wimani sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Borealosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Borealosaurus wimani'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.

predator–prey
Yuanchuavis
Yuanchuavis kompsosoura
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coexisted–with
Psittacosaurus
Psittacosaurus mongoliensis
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coexisted–with
Atlascopcosaurus
Atlascopcosaurus loadsi
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coexisted–with
Ouranosaurus
Ouranosaurus nigeriensis
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coexisted–with
Erectopus
Erectopus superbus
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coexisted–with
Polacanthus
Polacanthus foxii
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same–clade
Austrosaurus
Austrosaurus mckillopi
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same–clade
Campananeyen
Campananeyen fragilissimus
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