Massospondylus Massospondylus kaalae Barrett 2009
/ˌmæsoʊˈspɒndɪləs/
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · 201.4–192.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Where It Was Found
Country
South Africa
Region
Eastern Cape
Formation
Elliot
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Massospondylus kaalae is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–192.9 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was named by Barrett 2009. 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 Massospondylus kaalae sits in deep time
Massospondylus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Massospondylus kaalae'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.