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Meroktenos
Meroktenos thabanensis (Gauffre 1993)
Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · 227.3–201.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Meroktenos thabanensis 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 (Gauffre 1993). 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 Meroktenos sits in deep time
Meroktenos
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Meroktenos's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.