Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Chilesaurus Chilesaurus diegosuarezi Novas et al. 2015
/tʃaɪlsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 149.2–143.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Chile
Region
Aisén
Formation
Toqui
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Chilesaurus diegosuarezi is a dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 149.2–143.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Aisén, Chile. It was named by Novas et al. 2015. 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 Chilesaurus diegosuarezi sits in deep time
Chilesaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Chilesaurus diegosuarezi'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.