Ahvaytum
Sign in to saveAhvaytum ( ; ) is an extinct genus of probable basal sauropodomorph saurischian dinosaurs from the Late Triassic Popo Agie Formation of Wyoming, United States. The genus contains a single species, A. bahndooiveche, known from fragmentary hindlimb bones. Ahvaytum represents the oldest known named dinosaur of the ancient Laurasian landmass.
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- Late Triassic
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Ahvaytum ( ; ) is an extinct genus of probable basal sauropodomorph saurischian dinosaurs from the Late Triassic Popo Agie Formation of Wyoming, United States. The genus contains a single species, A. bahndooiveche, known from fragmentary hindlimb bones. Ahvaytum represents the oldest known named dinosaur of the ancient Laurasian landmass.
== Discovery and naming == The Ahvaytum fossil material was discovered in 2013 in outcrops of the lower Popo Agie Formation (Garrett's Surprise locality) in west-central Wyoming, United States. The holotype specimen, UWGM 1975, is an isolated left astragalus. Specimen UWGM 7549, a partial left femur (proximal end) was referred to Ahvaytum since it was found within a radius of the holotype and its anatomy is consistent with saurischians.
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