Dinosauria›Saurischia
Silhouette of Padillasaurus leivaensis

Padillasaurus Padillasaurus leivaensis Carballido et al. 2015

/pˌædɪlɐsˈɔːɹəs/ estimated
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · 125.8–121.4 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding

Where It Was Found

Country
Colombia
Region
Boyacá
Formation
Paja
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Colombia. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Padillasaurus leivaensis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 125.8–121.4 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Boyacá, Colombia. It was named by Carballido et al. 2015. 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 Padillasaurus leivaensis sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Padillasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Padillasaurus leivaensis'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.

coexisted–with
Iguanodon
Iguanodon galvensis
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coexisted–with
Valdosaurus
Valdosaurus canaliculatus
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coexisted–with
Barilium
Barilium dawsoni
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coexisted–with
Hypsilophodon
Hypsilophodon foxii
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coexisted–with
Osmakasaurus
Osmakasaurus depressus
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same–clade
Amargasaurus
Amargasaurus cazaui
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same–clade
Amargatitanis
Amargatitanis macni
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same–clade
Cedarosaurus
Cedarosaurus weiskopfae
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