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Gojirasaurus Gojirasaurus quayi Carpenter 1997
/ɡˌɑːdʒɚɹɐsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Triassic (Norian) · 227.3–205.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
New Mexico
Formation
Bull Canyon
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Gojirasaurus quayi is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–205.7 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from New Mexico, United States. It was named by Carpenter 1997. 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 Gojirasaurus quayi sits in deep time
Gojirasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Gojirasaurus quayi'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.