Genus
Valid Extinct

Amanasaurus

Müller and Garcia 2023

Amanasaurus is a genus of silesaurid dinosauriforms from the Late Triassic Santa Maria Supersequence of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The genus contains a single species, A. nesbitti, known from two partial femora.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Silesauridae Unranked clade
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Amanasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
Temporal distribution
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Amanasaurus nesbitti 237 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
R. T. Müller and M. S. Garcia. 2023. A new silesaurid from Carnian beds of Brazil fills a gap in the radiation of avian line archosaurs. Scientific Reports (4981) DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. T. Müller and M. S. Garcia. 2023. A new silesaurid from Carnian beds of Brazil fills a gap in the radiation of avian line archosaurs. Scientific Reports (4981) DOI ↗