Unranked clade
Valid Extinct

Unaysauridae

Müller et al. 2018

Unaysauridae is a clade of basal sauropodomorphs from the Late Triassic of India and Brazil.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Unaysauridae
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Unaysaurus tolentinoi restored as eating a cycad, based on skeletal diagrams and related animals. © FunkMonk, cycad modified from illustration by Esculapio[1]. Thanks to HMallison for references. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Unaysauridae Unranked clade
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
2
🇮🇳 India
2
Geological formations
Caturrita
2
Maleri
1
Dharmaram
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
4
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. T. Müller, M. C. Langer, and S. Dias-da-Silva. 2018. An exceptionally preserved association of complete dinosaur skeletons reveals the oldest long-necked sauropodomorphs. Biology Letters 14:20180633:1-5 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
F. Prestes de Bem and R. T. Müller. 2023. First record of Macrocollum itaquii (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) outside the type locality and its biostratigraphic significance. Historical Biology DOI ↗
R. T. Müller, M. C. Langer, and S. Dias-da-Silva. 2018. An exceptionally preserved association of complete dinosaur skeletons reveals the oldest long-necked sauropodomorphs. Biology Letters 14:20180633:1-5 DOI ↗
F. E. Novas, M. D. Ezcurra, and S. Chatterjee, T. S. Kutty. 2011. New dinosaur species from the Upper Triassic Upper Maleri and Lower Dharmaram formations of Central India. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 101:333-349 DOI ↗