Ahvaytum

Ahvaytum is a saturnaliid sauropodomorph from the Late Triassic of what is now Wyoming. It is the oldest known dinosaur from the northern continent of Laurasia, challenging previous hypotheses of dinosaur origins and dispersal. Typical of basal dinosaurs from the Triassic, Ahvaytum was a small slender biped, reaching about 1 m in body length.

Ahvaytum bahndooiveche size comparison based on the data shown on Lovelace et al., 2025. Yellow dot size & weight its estimated using Mbiresaurus raathi (Griffin et al., 2022) as reference. Green dot size & weight its estimated using Saturnalia tupiniquim (Langer et al., 1999) as reference. Size estimation might change with more new material description in posterior studies.

Ahvaytum bahndooiveche scale comparison using Mbiresaurus raathi as reference from Lovelace et al., 2025

Life reconstruction of Ahvaytum bahndooiveche