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Gresslyosaurus
Gresslyosaurus plieningeri (Huene 1905)
Late Triassic (Norian) · 227.3–205.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Gresslyosaurus plieningeri is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–205.7 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by (Huene 1905). The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Gresslyosaurus sits in deep time
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.