Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Hexinlusaurus Hexinlusaurus multidens (He and Cai 1983)
/hˌɛksɪnluːsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Middle Jurassic (Oxfordian) · 170.9–154.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Sichuan
Formation
Shaximiao
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Hexinlusaurus multidens is a dinosaur known from the Middle Jurassic, roughly 170.9–154.8 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Sichuan, China. It was named by (He and Cai 1983). 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 Hexinlusaurus multidens sits in deep time
Hexinlusaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Hexinlusaurus multidens'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.