Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Silesauridae
Silesaurus Silesaurus opolensis Dzik 2003
/saɪlsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Triassic (Carnian) · 233.6–227.3 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Poland
Region
Opole
Formations
Drawno Beds · Grabowa
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Silesaurus opolensis is a dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 233.6–227.3 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Opole, Poland. It was named by Dzik 2003. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Silesaurus opolensis sits in deep time
Silesaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Silesaurus opolensis'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.