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Sefapanosaurus Sefapanosaurus zastronensis Otero et al. 2015
/sˌɛfɐpˌænəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Triassic (Hettangian) · 227.3–199.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Where It Was Found
Country
South Africa
Region
Free State
Formation
Elliot
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Sefapanosaurus zastronensis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–199.5 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from Free State, South Africa. It was named by Otero et al. 2015. 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 Sefapanosaurus zastronensis sits in deep time
Sefapanosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Sefapanosaurus zastronensis'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.