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Gresslyosaurus

Gresslyosaurus ingens (Rütimeyer 1856)

Late Triassic (Norian) · 211.2–205.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Gresslyosaurus ingens is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 211.2–205.7 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by (Rütimeyer 1856). 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Gresslyosaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Gresslyosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Gresslyosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Procompsognathus
Procompsognathus triassicus
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predator–prey
Protoavis
Protoavis texensis
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predator–prey
Velocipes
Velocipes guerichi
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coexisted–with
Krzyzanowskisaurus
Krzyzanowskisaurus hunti
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coexisted–with
Tawa
Tawa hallae
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same–clade
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus elizae
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same–clade
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus erlenbergiensis
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same–clade
Actiosaurus
Actiosaurus gaudryi
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