Guaibasaurus
Field photograph to come
Guaibasaurus
DV-0441
- Lived
- 227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
- Length
- about 1.8 m (6 ft)
- Group
- Early sauropodomorphs, Guaibasauridae
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- Bonaparte et al. 1999
Field notes
About Guaibasaurus
Guaibasaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago. It belongs to the family Guaibasauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Guaibasaurus, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Caturrita Formation. It was named by Bonaparte et al. in 1999.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
220 million years ago
To scale
How big was Guaibasaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Guaibasauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. F. Bonaparte, J. Ferigolo, and A. M. Ribeiro. 1999. A new early Late Triassic saurischian dinosaur from Rio Grande do Sol state, Brazil. Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium, National Science Museum Monographs 15:89-109