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Massospondylus

Massospondylus carinatus Owen 1854

Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · 201.4–174.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Massospondylus carinatus 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 Owen 1854. The species is represented by 11 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~36%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 11 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Massospondylus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Massospondylus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Massospondylus'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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