Dinosauria›Saurischia
Thecodontosaurus Thecodontosaurus antiquus Morris 1843
/ðəkˌoʊdɔntəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · 237–201.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Where It Was Found
Country
United Kingdom
Region
England
Formation
Magnesian Conglomerate
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Thecodontosaurus antiquus is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 237.0–201.4 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from England, United Kingdom. It was named by Morris 1843. 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 Thecodontosaurus antiquus sits in deep time
Thecodontosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Thecodontosaurus antiquus'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.