Genus
Valid Extinct

Amanasaurus

Müller and Garcia 2023

Amanasaurus is a genus of silesaurid dinosauriforms from the Late Triassic Santa Maria Supersequence of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The genus contains a single species, A. nesbitti, known from two partial femora.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Amanasaurus
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Holotype and referred specimen of Amanasaurus nesbitti gen. et sp. nov. from the Candelária Sequence (mid-to-late Carnian) of the Santa Maria Supersequence, southern Brazil. Holotype (CAPPA/UFSM 0374) in anterior (a), lateral (b), proximal (c), medial (d), and posterior (e) views. Referred specimen (CAPPA/UFSM 0375) in anterior (f), lateral (g), posterior (h), and distal (i) views. alt anterolateral tuber, amt anteromedial tuber, at anterior trochanter, cl cleft, ctfb crista tibiofibularis, dlt dorsolateral trochanter, dltp posterior portion of the dorsolateral trochanter, fo foramen, fot fossa trochanterica, gt greater trochanter, lc lateral condyle, lia linea intermuscularis cranialis, mc medial condyle, ms muscle scar, no notch, pg proximal groove, pof popliteal fossa, scs sub-circular scar. Figures were generated with GIMP 2.8 (https://www.gimp.org/). © RT Müller & MS Garcia · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
Amanasaurus
Amanasaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Silesauridae Unranked clade
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Amanasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
Temporal distribution
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Amanasaurus nesbitti 237 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
R. T. Müller and M. S. Garcia. 2023. A new silesaurid from Carnian beds of Brazil fills a gap in the radiation of avian line archosaurs. Scientific Reports (4981) DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. T. Müller and M. S. Garcia. 2023. A new silesaurid from Carnian beds of Brazil fills a gap in the radiation of avian line archosaurs. Scientific Reports (4981) DOI ↗