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Tawa

Tawa hallae Nesbitt et al. 2009

Late Triassic (Norian) · 227.3–205.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Overview

Tawa hallae is a dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–205.7 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. It was named by Nesbitt et al. 2009. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Tawa sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Tawa
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Tawa's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Protoavis
Protoavis texensis
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predator–prey
Velocipes
Velocipes guerichi
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predator–prey
Zupaysaurus
Zupaysaurus rougieri
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coexisted–with
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus gracilis
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coexisted–with
Efraasia
Efraasia minor
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coexisted–with
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus engelhardti
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coexisted–with
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus trossingensis
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coexisted–with
Macrocollum
Macrocollum itaquii
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