DinosauriaLate TriassicSilesauridaeSouth America

Gamatavus antiquus

Dinosaur: Gamatavus antiquus

Triassic: 237-228 Ma
Type: Silesauridae

Length*:100 cm3.3 ft
Weight*:3 kg7 lb
ESR: 2 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen


Period

Epoch: Middle Triassic - Late Triassic
Stage: Latest Ladinian-Earliest Carnian
Years: 237-228 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Pretto et al.
Year: 2022

Distribution

Area: South America
Country: Brazil
Region: Rio Grande do Sul
Formation: Santa Maria

Classification

Dinosauria
Silesauridae


Locations


Sources

Material: Partial right ilium, referred partial left femur and 4 incomplete vertebrae.
References: Pretto et al. (2022). "The oldest South American silesaurid: New remains from the Middle Triassic (Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence, Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone) increase the time range of silesaurid fossil record in southern Brazil".

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