Chindessauro

Chindesaurus ( ) is an extinct genus of basal saurischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic (213-210 million years ago) of the southwestern United States. It is known from a single species, C. bryansmalli, based on a partial skeleton recovered from Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. The original specimen was nicknamed "Gertie", and generated much publicity for the park upon its discovery in 1984 and airlift out of the park in 1985. Other fragmentary referred specimens have been found in Late Triassic sediments throughout Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, but these may not belong to the gen

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Parent taxon: Saurischia
Image: Chindesaurus skeleton.png
Length: 4.0

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taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Chindesaurus
Commons category: Chindesaurus
start time: 235000000-
end time: 210000000-
time period: Late Triassic
location of discovery: United States
main food source: carnivore

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Chindesaurus foi um gênero de dinossauro carnívoro e bípede que viveu no fim do período Triássico. A espécie-tipo é denomidada Chindesaurus bryansmalli. Media em torno de 2,4 metros de comprimento, 1,2 metros de altura e pesava entre 30 e 55 quilogramas. O Chindesaurus viveu na América do Norte e seus fósseis foram encontrado no Arizona e no Novo México, ambos nos Estados Unidos. Ainda não foi comprovado que o Chindesaurus realmente pertenceu a família Herrerasauridae.

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