Pampadromaeus

DV-0793 · type species Pampadromaeus barberenai

Lived: 237 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs, Saturnaliidae
Found in: Brazil
Named by: Cabreira et al. 2011

Field notes

About Pampadromaeus

Pampadromaeus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic, 237 to 206 million years ago. It belongs to the family Saturnaliidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Pampadromaeus, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Santa Maria Formation. It was named by Cabreira et al. in 2011.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

220 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Saturnaliidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. F. Cabreira, C. L. Schultz, and J. S. Bittencourt, M. B. Soares, D. C. Fortier, L. R. Silva, M. C. Langer. 2011. New stem-sauropodomorph (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Triassic of Brazil. Naturwissenschaften 98(12):1035-1040