Species
Valid Extinct

Asilisaurus kongwe

Nesbitt et al. 2010

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
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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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Silesauridae Unranked clade
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Asilisaurus Genus
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Asilisaurus kongwe Species
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇹🇿 Tanzania
4
Geological formations
Manda Beds
4
Temporal distribution
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
4
Bibliography
Original description
S. J. Nesbitt, C. A. Sidor, and R. B. Irmis, K. D. Angielczyk, R. M. H. Smith, L. A. Tsuji. 2010. Ecologically distinct dinosaurian sister group shows early diversification of Ornithodira. Nature 464:95-98 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
C. T. Griffin and S. J. Nesbitt. 2016. The femoral ontogeny and long bone histology of the Middle Triassic (?late Anisian) dinosauriform Asilisaurus kongwe and implications for the growth of early dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(3):e1111224:1-22 DOI ↗
S. J. Nesbitt, C. A. Sidor, and R. B. Irmis, K. D. Angielczyk, R. M. H. Smith, L. A. Tsuji. 2010. Ecologically distinct dinosaurian sister group shows early diversification of Ornithodira. Nature 464:95-98 DOI ↗