Genus
Valid Extinct

Gamatavus

Pretto et al. 2022

Gamatavus is a genus of silesaurid dinosauriform from the Middle Triassic Santa Maria Formation of Dilermando de Aguiar Municipality, Brazil. The genus contains a single species, G. antiquus, known from a partial ilium. Gamatavus represents one of the oldest silesaurids known from South America, alongside the roughly coeval Gondwanax.

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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Gamatavus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
Geological formations
Santa Maria
1
Temporal distribution
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Gamatavus antiquus 241 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
F. A. Pretto, R. T. Müller, and D. Moroab, M. Silva Garcia, V. Dutra Paes Neto, Á. A. Stock Da Rosa. 2022. The oldest South American silesaurid: New remains from the Middle Triassic (Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence, Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone) increase the time range of silesaurid fossil record in southern Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 120:104039 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
F. A. Pretto, R. T. Müller, and D. Moroab, M. Silva Garcia, V. Dutra Paes Neto, Á. A. Stock Da Rosa. 2022. The oldest South American silesaurid: New remains from the Middle Triassic (Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence, Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone) increase the time range of silesaurid fossil record in southern Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 120:104039 DOI ↗