Genus
Valid Extinct

Gamatavus

Pretto et al. 2022

Gamatavus is a genus of silesaurid dinosauriform from the Middle Triassic Santa Maria Formation of Dilermando de Aguiar Municipality, Brazil. The genus contains a single species, G. antiquus, known from a partial ilium. Gamatavus represents one of the oldest silesaurids known from South America, alongside the roughly coeval Gondwanax.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Gamatavus
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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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Gamatavus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
Geological formations
Santa Maria
1
Temporal distribution
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Gamatavus antiquus 241 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
F. A. Pretto, R. T. Müller, and D. Moroab, M. Silva Garcia, V. Dutra Paes Neto, Á. A. Stock Da Rosa. 2022. The oldest South American silesaurid: New remains from the Middle Triassic (Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence, Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone) increase the time range of silesaurid fossil record in southern Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 120:104039 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
F. A. Pretto, R. T. Müller, and D. Moroab, M. Silva Garcia, V. Dutra Paes Neto, Á. A. Stock Da Rosa. 2022. The oldest South American silesaurid: New remains from the Middle Triassic (Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence, Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone) increase the time range of silesaurid fossil record in southern Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 120:104039 DOI ↗