Dinosauria›Saurischia
Europasaurus Europasaurus holgeri Sander et al. 2006
/jˌʊɹɹoʊpɐsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · 152.2–149.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Germany
Region
Niedersachsen
Formation
Süntel
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Europasaurus holgeri is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 152.2–149.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Niedersachsen, Germany. It was named by Sander et al. 2006. 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 Europasaurus holgeri sits in deep time
Europasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Europasaurus holgeri'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.