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Suzhousaurus Suzhousaurus megatherioides Li et al. 2007
/sˌʌʒaʊsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 121.4–110.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Gansu
Formations
Xiagou · Zhonggou
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Suzhousaurus megatherioides is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–110.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Gansu, China. It was named by Li et al. 2007. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Suzhousaurus megatherioides sits in deep time
Suzhousaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Suzhousaurus megatherioides'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.