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Kwanasaurus

Kwanasaurus williamparkeri Martz and Small 2019

Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · 227.3–201.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Overview

Kwanasaurus williamparkeri is a dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–201.4 million years ago. It was a herbivore. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Kwanasaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Kwanasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Kwanasaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Coelophysis
Coelophysis bauri
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coexisted–with
Eucnemesaurus
Eucnemesaurus fortis
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coexisted–with
Melanorosaurus
Melanorosaurus readi
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coexisted–with
Thecodontosaurus
Thecodontosaurus antiquus
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coexisted–with
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus longiceps
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same–clade
Tawa
Tawa hallae
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same–clade
Chindesaurus
Chindesaurus bryansmalli
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same–clade
Nhandumirim
Nhandumirim waldsangae
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