Buriolestes

DV-0945

Lived: 237 to 227 million years ago, Late Triassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: Brazil
Named by: Cabreira et al. 2016

Field notes

About Buriolestes

Buriolestes was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic, 237 to 227 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Buriolestes, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Santa Maria Formation. It was named by Cabreira et al. in 2016.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

230 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropodomorpha.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. F. Cabreira, A. W. A. Kellner, and S. Dias-da-Silva, L. R. da Silva, M. Bronzati, J. C. A. Marsola, R. T. Müller, J. S. Bittencourt, B. J. Batista, T. Raugust, R. Carrilho, A. Brodt, M. C. Langer. 2016. A unique Late Triassic dinosauromorph assemblage reveals dinosaur ancestral anatomy and diet. Current Biology 26(22):3090-3095