Dinosauria › Ornithischia
Sanxiasaurus
Sanxiasaurus modaoxiensis Hu Dai et al. 2019
Early Jurassic (Aalenian) · 184.2–170.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Overview
Sanxiasaurus modaoxiensis is a dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 184.2–170.9 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Hu Dai et al. 2019. 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 Sanxiasaurus sits in deep time
Sanxiasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Sanxiasaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.