Dinosauria › Saurischia
Melanorosaurus
Melanorosaurus readi Haughton 1924
Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · 227.3–201.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Melanorosaurus readi is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–201.4 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. It was named by Haughton 1924. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Melanorosaurus sits in deep time
Melanorosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Melanorosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.