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Nyasasaurus Nyasasaurus parringtoni Nesbitt et al. 2013
/nˌaɪɐsɐsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Middle Triassic · 247–241.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Where It Was Found
Country
Tanzania
Region
Ruvuma
Formation
Manda Beds
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Nyasasaurus parringtoni is a dinosaur known from the Middle Triassic, roughly 247.0–241.5 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from Ruvuma, Tanzania. It was named by Nesbitt et al. 2013. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Nyasasaurus parringtoni sits in deep time
Nyasasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Nyasasaurus parringtoni'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.