page_title: Redondasaurus
section_title: Paleoecology
hierarchical_section_title: Redondasaurus / Paleoecology
caption_attribution_description: Family visiting museum.
context_page_description: Redondasaurus is an extinct genus of phytosaur from the Late Triassic of the southwestern United States. It was named by Hunt & Lucas in 1993, and contains two species, R. gregorii and R. bermani. It is the youngest and most evolutionarily-advanced of the phytosaurs.
context_section_description: The Chinle Group, where a large portion of Redondasaurus skulls have been found, is composed of fluvial and lacustrine sediments. Accumulations of fossils in the Chinle Formation can be found in floodplains, bogs, ponds, and fluvial channels. Additional paleontological and sedimentary evidence support the hypothesis that the climate of the Chinle was strongly influenced by high levels of precipitation.
  Redondasaurus has been collected five times in New Mexico and once in Utah, USA. Specifically, they have been found in the Rock Point Formation (part of Chinle Group), Travesser Formation, and Redonda Formation in New Mexico. The Chinle group is particularly important to paleontologists interested in aetosaurs, as it has been critical in establishing their biochronology in the Late Triassic. Redondasaurus has also been found in the Wingate Sandstone Formation in Utah. The following collections are according to location and date of discovery.
caption: Placerias and Redondasaurus
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