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Gyposaurus Gyposaurus sinensis (Young 1940)
/dʒˌaɪpəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · 201.4–174.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Regions
Yunnan · Guizhou
Formations
Lufeng · Zhenzhuchong
Dig sites
9
distinct collections
Overview
Gyposaurus sinensis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–174.7 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Yunnan, China. It was named by (Young 1940). The species is represented by 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~30%
well attested
Based on 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Gyposaurus sinensis sits in deep time
Gyposaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Gyposaurus sinensis'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.