Genus
Valid Extinct

Xiaosaurus

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
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Xiaosaurus
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Xiaosaurus
Xiaosaurus
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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
Measurements
Length
1 m ⓘ
Xiaosaurus dashanpensis 
Mass
2,5 kg ⓘ
Xiaosaurus dashanpensis 
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Shaximiao
1
Temporal distribution
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Xiaosaurus dashanpensis 171 Ma
Images 2
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