Dinosauria›Ornithischia
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Sasayamagnomus Sasayamagnomus saegusai Tanaka et al. 2024
/sˈæseɪˌæmɐɡnˌɑːməs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 113.2–110.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
Japan
Region
Hyogo
Formation
Ohyamashimo
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Sasayamagnomus saegusai is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 113.2–110.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Hyogo, Japan. It was named by Tanaka et al. 2024. 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 Sasayamagnomus saegusai sits in deep time
Sasayamagnomus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Sasayamagnomus saegusai'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.