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Mbiresaurus
Mbiresaurus raathi Griffin et al. 2022
Late Triassic (Carnian) · 237–227.3 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Mbiresaurus raathi is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 237.0–227.3 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. It was named by Griffin et al. 2022. The species is represented by 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~15%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Mbiresaurus sits in deep time
Mbiresaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Mbiresaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.