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Coloradisaurus
Coloradisaurus brevis (Bonaparte 1978)
Late Triassic (Norian) · 227.3–205.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Coloradisaurus brevis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–205.7 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. It was named by (Bonaparte 1978). 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Coloradisaurus sits in deep time
Coloradisaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Coloradisaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.