Dinosauria›Saurischia
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Tawa Tawa hallae Nesbitt et al. 2009
/tˈɑːwə/
estimated
Late Triassic (Norian) · 227.3–205.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
New Mexico
Formation
Chinle
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Tawa hallae is a dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–205.7 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from New Mexico, United States. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Tawa hallae sits in deep time
Tawa
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Tawa hallae'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.