Dinosaur
Chilesaurus
Chilesaurus had a small head and unusual teeth on a body that combines features familiar from several dinosaur groups.
Chilesaurus had a small head and unusual teeth on a body that combines features familiar from several dinosaur groups. Its discovery challenged attempts to classify dinosaurs using a few obvious body traits.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Chilesaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Its feeding anatomy is interpreted as adapted to plant food.
- When it lived
- Late Jurassic
- Group
- Dinosauria
- Dinosauria
Beyond the game
The real Chilesaurus
Chilesaurus had a small head and unusual teeth on a body that combines features familiar from several dinosaur groups. Its discovery challenged attempts to classify dinosaurs using a few obvious body traits.
Its anatomical mosaic has made its position within the dinosaur family tree contentious. The skull, teeth and limbs provide different clues to that history.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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Original English Dinosgacha summaries informed by the linked scientific and museum references; source publications retain their own rights.