Amanasaurus
Field photograph to come
Amanasaurus
DV-1198
- Lived
- 237 to 227 million years ago, Late Triassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Silesauridae
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- Müller and Garcia 2023
Field notes
About Amanasaurus
Amanasaurus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Late Triassic, 237 to 227 million years ago. It belongs to the family Silesauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Amanasaurus, from Brazil. It was named by Müller and Garcia in 2023.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
230 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Silesauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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)