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Leyesaurus Leyesaurus marayensis Apaldetti et al. 2011
/lˌeɪɪsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · 201.4–174.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Where It Was Found
Country
Argentina
Region
San Juan
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Leyesaurus marayensis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–174.7 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from San Juan, Argentina. It was named by Apaldetti et al. 2011. 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 Leyesaurus marayensis sits in deep time
Leyesaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Leyesaurus marayensis'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.