Dicraeosaurus Dicraeosaurus hansemanni Janensch 1914
/dˌɪkɹiːəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 161.5–143.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Tanzania
Region
Lindi
Formation
Tendaguru
Dig sites
5
distinct collections
Overview
Dicraeosaurus hansemanni is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 161.5–143.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Lindi, Tanzania. It was named by Janensch 1914. The species is represented by 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~18%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Dicraeosaurus hansemanni sits in deep time
Dicraeosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Dicraeosaurus hansemanni'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.