Subfamily
Valid Extinct

Saturnaliidae

(Ezcurra 2010)

Saturnaliidae is a family of basal sauropodomorph dinosaurs found in Brazil, Argentina and possibly Zimbabwe. It is not to be confused with Saturnalidae, a family of radiolarian protists, or with Saturniidae, a family of large moths.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
9
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Saturnaliidae
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Life reconstruction of Saturnalia tupiniquim © Nobu Tamura email:nobu.tamura@yahoo.com http://spinops.blogspot.com/ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Saturnaliidae Subfamily
Fossil sites 9 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
5
🇦🇷 Argentina
2
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
1
🇷🇺 Russia
1
Geological formations
Santa Maria
5
Ischigualasto
2
Pebbly Arkose
1
Temporal distribution
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
1
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
4
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
4
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
M. D. Ezcurra. 2010. A new early dinosaur (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic of Argentina: a reassessment of dinosaur origin and phylogeny. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8:371-425 DOI ↗
Bibliography (8)
A. S. Hsiou, R. L. Nydam, and T. R. Simões, F. A. Pretto, S. Onary, A. G. Martinelli, A. Liparini, P. R. R. d. V. Martínez, M. B. Soares, C. L. Schultz, M. W. Caldwell. 2019. A new clevosaurid from the Triassic (Carnian) of Brazil and the rise of sphenodontians in Gondwana. Scientific Reports 9(11821):1-12 DOI ↗
R. T. Müller, M. C. Langer, and S. F. Cabreira, S. Dias-da-Silva. 2015. The femoral anatomy of Pampadromaeus barberenai based on a new specimen from the Upper Triassic of Brazil. Historical Biology DOI ↗
S. F. Cabreira, C. L. Schultz, and J. S. Bittencourt, M. B. Soares, D. C. Fortier, L. R. Silva, M. C. Langer. 2011. New stem-sauropodomorph (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Triassic of Brazil. Naturwissenschaften 98(12):1035-1040 DOI ↗
M. D. Ezcurra. 2010. A new early dinosaur (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic of Argentina: a reassessment of dinosaur origin and phylogeny. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8:371-425 DOI ↗
R. N. Martínez and O. A. Alcober. 2009. A basal sauropodomorph (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Ischigualasto Formation (Triassic, Carnian) and the early evolution of Sauropodomorpha. PLoS ONE 4(2 (e4397)):1-12 DOI ↗
M. C. Langer. 2005. Studies on continental Late Triassic tetrapod biochronology. I. The type locality of Saturnalia tupiniquim and the faunal succession in south Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 19:205-218 DOI ↗
M. C. Langer, F. Abdala, and M. Richter, M. J. Benton. 1999. A sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) of southern Brazil. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris: Sciences de la terre et des planètes 329:511-517 DOI ↗
I. M. Popova, P. O. Baumgartner, and A. N. Filippov, A. I. Khanchuk. 1999. Jurassic and Early Cretaceous Radiolaria of the Lower Amurian Terrane: Khabarovsk region, Far East of Russia. The Island Arc 8(4):491-522 DOI ↗