Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Pisanosaurus Pisanosaurus mertii Casamiquela 1967
/pɪˌsænəˈsɔːrəs/
Late Triassic (Carnian) · 233.6–227.3 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Argentina
Region
La Rioja
Formation
Ischigualasto
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Pisanosaurus mertii is a dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 233.6–227.3 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from La Rioja, Argentina. It was named by Casamiquela 1967. 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 Pisanosaurus mertii sits in deep time
Pisanosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Pisanosaurus mertii'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.