Genus
Valid Extinct

Staurikosaurus

Colbert 1970
Etymology reptile de la Croix du Sud

Staurikosaurus is a genus of herrerasaurid dinosaur from the Late Triassic of Brazil, found in the Santa Maria Formation.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Staurikosaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Herrerasauridae Family
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Staurikosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
2
Geological formations
Santa Maria
2
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Staurikosaurus pricei 237 Ma
Teyuwasu barberenai subjective synonym of Staurikosaurus pricei 237 Ma
Synonyms (1)
Teyuwasu subjective synonym of Staurikosaurus
Bibliography
Original description
E. H. Colbert. 1970. A saurischian dinosaur from the Triassic of Brazil. American Museum Novitates 2405:1-39
Bibliography (2)
M. C. Langer, A. M. Ribeiro, and C. L. Schultz, J. Ferigolo. 2007. The continental tetrapod-bearing Triassic of south Brazil. The Global Triassic, New Mexico Museum of History and Science Bulletin 41:201-218
E. H. Colbert. 1970. A saurischian dinosaur from the Triassic of Brazil. American Museum Novitates 2405:1-39