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Dicraeosaurus
Dicraeosaurus sattleri Janensch 1914
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 152.2–143.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Dicraeosaurus sattleri is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 152.2–143.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Janensch 1914. The species is represented by 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~38%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Dicraeosaurus sits in deep time
Dicraeosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Dicraeosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.