Xiaosaurus

small lizard

Dong and Tang 1983

Xiaosaurus, is a genus of small herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur from the middle Jurassic of what is now the Sichuan Basin of China.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Ornithischia Unranked clade

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Fabrosauridae Family

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Xiaosaurus Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇨🇳 China

Geological formations

Shaximiao

Temporal distribution

Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)

Species (1)

Xiaosaurus dashanpensis 171 Ma

Bibliography

Original description

Z. Dong and Z. Tang. 1983. New ornithopod genus from the Middle Jurassic of Sichuan Basin, China . Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21(2):168-171

Bibliography (1)

Z. Dong and Z. Tang. 1983. New ornithopod genus from the Middle Jurassic of Sichuan Basin, China . Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21(2):168-171