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Tazoudasaurus Tazoudasaurus naimi Allain et al. 2004
/tˌæzaʊdɐsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · 192.9–174.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Morocco
Region
Ouarzazate
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Tazoudasaurus naimi is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 192.9–174.7 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Ouarzazate, Morocco. It was named by Allain et al. 2004. 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 Tazoudasaurus naimi sits in deep time
Tazoudasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Tazoudasaurus naimi'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.