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Ignavusaurus Ignavusaurus rachelis Knoll 2010
/ˌɪɡnɐvjuːsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · 201.4–192.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Where It Was Found
Country
Lesotho
Regions
Qacha's Nek · Mafeteng
Formation
Elliot
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Ignavusaurus rachelis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–192.9 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho. It was named by Knoll 2010. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Ignavusaurus rachelis sits in deep time
Ignavusaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Ignavusaurus rachelis'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.