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Silhouette of Seitaad ruessi

Seitaad Seitaad ruessi Sertich and Loewen 2010

/sˈeɪɾɑːd/ estimated
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · 192.9–174.7 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade

Where It Was Found

Country
United States
Region
Utah
Formation
Navajo Sandstone
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in United States. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Seitaad ruessi is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 192.9–174.7 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from Utah, United States. It was named by Sertich and Loewen 2010. 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 Seitaad ruessi sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Seitaad
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Seitaad ruessi'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.

predator–prey
Segisaurus
Segisaurus halli
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coexisted–with
Berberosaurus
Berberosaurus liassicus
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coexisted–with
Emausaurus
Emausaurus ernsti
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coexisted–with
Piatnitzkysaurus
Piatnitzkysaurus floresi
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coexisted–with
Megalosaurus
Megalosaurus tibetensis
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same–clade
Tazoudasaurus
Tazoudasaurus naimi
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same–clade
Isanosaurus
Isanosaurus attavipachi
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same–clade
Ceratocaudia
Ceratocaudia antiqua
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