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Leyesaurus

Leyesaurus marayensis Apaldetti et al. 2011

Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · 201.4–174.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
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. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Leyesaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Leyesaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

predator–prey
Megalosaurus
Megalosaurus tibetensis
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predator–prey
Berberosaurus
Berberosaurus liassicus
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predator–prey
Segisaurus
Segisaurus halli
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coexisted–with
Emausaurus
Emausaurus ernsti
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coexisted–with
Piatnitzkysaurus
Piatnitzkysaurus floresi
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same–clade
Gyposaurus
Gyposaurus sinensis
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same–clade
Xingxiulong
Xingxiulong yueorum
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same–clade
Tonganosaurus
Tonganosaurus hei
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