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Gyposaurus
Gyposaurus sinensis (Young 1940)
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · 201.4–174.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
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 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Gyposaurus sits in deep time
Gyposaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Gyposaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.