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Tonganosaurus Tonganosaurus hei Li et al. 2010
/tˌɑːŋɡɐnəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · 201.4–174.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Sichuan
Formation
Yimen
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Tonganosaurus hei is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–174.7 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Sichuan, China. It was named by Li et al. 2010. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Tonganosaurus hei sits in deep time
Tonganosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Tonganosaurus hei'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.