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Sanpasaurus Sanpasaurus yaoi Young 1944
/sˌænpɐsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · 184.2–174.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Sichuan
Formation
Ziliujing
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Sanpasaurus yaoi is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 184.2–174.7 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Sichuan, China. It was named by Young 1944. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Sanpasaurus yaoi sits in deep time
Sanpasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Sanpasaurus yaoi'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.