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early long-neck
Seitaad
Say it like this: “SAY-eet-AWD”
Seitaad ruessi
Seitaad ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian · Toarcian) · roughly 192.9 to 174.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 2010 · Sertich, J. J. W.; Loewen, M. A.
- Hip height
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 3 m · 10 ft
- Weight
- 65 kg · 143 lb
- Found in
- the United States · Navajo Sandstone
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Sauropodiformes
The story in short
The genus Seitaad dates to 2010, the year J. J. W. Sertich and M. A. Loewen described it.
It lived in the Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian · Toarcian), roughly 192.9 to 174.7 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Navajo Sandstone Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Seitaad at a length near 3 m, hips about 1 m high, and a body mass around 65 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Sauropodiformes, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aardonyx
Aardonyx celestae
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Anchisaurus
Anchisaurus polyzelus
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Blikanasaurus
Blikanasaurus cromptoni
Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian) · roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago