Dinosauria › Reptilia
Sinosaurus
Sinosaurus triassicus Young 1940
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · 201.4–192.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
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 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 16 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Sinosaurus sits in deep time
Sinosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Sinosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.