Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Sanxiasaurus Sanxiasaurus modaoxiensis Hu Dai et al. 2019
/sˌæŋksɪɐsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Aalenian) · 184.2–170.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Chongqing
Formation
Xintiangou
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Sanxiasaurus modaoxiensis is a dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 184.2–170.9 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Chongqing, China. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Sanxiasaurus modaoxiensis sits in deep time
Sanxiasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Sanxiasaurus modaoxiensis'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.