Gamatavus

DV-1174 · type species Gamatavus antiquus

Lived: 242 to 237 million years ago, Middle Triassic
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Early ornithischians, Silesauridae
Found in: Brazil
Named by: Pretto et al. 2022

Field notes

About Gamatavus

Gamatavus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Middle Triassic, 242 to 237 million years ago. It belongs to the family Silesauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Gamatavus, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Santa Maria Formation. It was named by Pretto et al. in 2022.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

240 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Silesauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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