Genus
Valid Extinct

Sanjuansaurus

Alcober and Martínez 2010

Sanjuansaurus is a genus of herrerasaurid dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Carnian) Ischigualasto Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Sanjuansaurus
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Preserved bones of Sanjuansaurus gordilloi (PVSJ 605), positioned as they were found in the field. Abbreviations: ca1–15, caudal vertebrae 1–15; c2–9, cervical vertebrae 2–9; d1–14, dorsal vertebrae 1–14; l Fe, left femur; l il, left ilium; l MII, left metatarsal II; l Sc, left scapula and coracoid; l Ti, left tibia; l Ul, left ulna; Ph, manual phalanx; R, rib; r As-Ca, right astragalus and calcaneum; r Fe, right femur; r Fi, right fibula; r Fe, right femur; r Mx, right maxilla; r Pu, right pubis; r Sc, right scapula and coracoid; r Ti, right tibia; s1–3, sacral vertebrae 1–3. Scale bars equals 20 cm. © Ivan Sabrodski · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Sanjuansaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Ischigualasto
1
Temporal distribution
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Sanjuansaurus gordilloi 237 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
O. A. Alcober and R. N. Martínez. 2010. A new herrerasaurid (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Upper Triassic Ischigualasto Formation of northwestern Argentina. Zookeys 63:55-81 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
O. A. Alcober and R. N. Martínez. 2010. A new herrerasaurid (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Upper Triassic Ischigualasto Formation of northwestern Argentina. Zookeys 63:55-81 DOI ↗