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Yizhousaurus
Yizhousaurus sunae Zhang et al. 2018
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · 199.5–192.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Yizhousaurus sunae is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 199.5–192.9 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. It was named by Zhang et al. 2018. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Yizhousaurus sits in deep time
Yizhousaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Yizhousaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.