Guaibasaurus candelariai
Sign in to saveGuaibasaurus is an extinct genus of basal saurischian dinosaur known from the Late Triassic Caturrita Formation of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. Most analyses recover it as a sauropodomorph, although there are some suggestions that it was a theropod instead. In 2016 Gregory S. Paul estimated it at around 2 meters long (6.6 ft) and 10 kg (22 lbs), whereas in 2020 Molina-Pérez and Larramendi listed it at 3 meters (10 ft) and 35 kg (77 lbs).
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Guaibasauridae
- Image
- MUSEU4X.JPG
- Length
- 1.8
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- main food source
- herbivore
- taxon author citation
- Bonaparte, Ferigolo & Ribeiro, 1999
- taxon name
- Guaibasaurus
- Commons category
- Guaibasaurus
- taxon rank
- genus
- time period
- Late Triassic
- location of discovery
- Brazil
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Il guaibasauro (Guaibasaurus candelariai) è un dinosauro carnivoro di incerta classificazione, forse appartenente ai sauropodomorfi. Visse nel Triassico superiore (Norico, circa 220 milioni di anni fa) e i suoi resti fossili sono stati ritrovati in Brasile.
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