Genus
Valid Extinct

Saturnalia

Langer et al. 1999

Saturnalia is an extinct genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic Santa Maria Formation of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. It contains one species, Saturnalia tupiniquim. It is one of the earliest known dinosaurs.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Saturnalia
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'Saturnalia' Skulpturengruppe von Ernesto Biondi in Buenos Aires ( im Botanischen Garten) © JanManu · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Saturnalia
Saturnalia
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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
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Saturnalia Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
2
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
1
Geological formations
Santa Maria
2
Pebbly Arkose
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
2
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Saturnalia tupiniquim 237 Ma
Images 4
Bibliography
Original description
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 ↗
Bibliography (2)
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 ↗