Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Silesauridae
Kwanasaurus Kwanasaurus williamparkeri Martz and Small 2019
/kwˌænɐsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · 227.3–201.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
Colorado
Formation
Chinle
Dig sites
6
distinct collections
Overview
Kwanasaurus williamparkeri is a dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–201.4 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Colorado, United States. It was named by Martz and Small 2019. The species is represented by 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~21%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Kwanasaurus williamparkeri sits in deep time
Kwanasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Kwanasaurus williamparkeri'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.