Dinosauria›Reptilia
Sinosaurus Sinosaurus triassicus Young 1940
/sˌɪnəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · 201.4–192.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Yunnan
Formation
Lufeng
Dig sites
14
distinct collections
Overview
Sinosaurus triassicus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–192.9 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Yunnan, China. It was named by Young 1940. The species is represented by 16 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~47%
well attested
Based on 16 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Sinosaurus triassicus sits in deep time
Sinosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Sinosaurus triassicus'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.