Sacisaurus
Field photograph to come
Sacisaurus
DV-0644
- Lived
- 227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Silesauridae
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- Ferigolo and Langer 2007
Field notes
About Sacisaurus
Sacisaurus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago. It belongs to the family Silesauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Sacisaurus, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Caturrita Formation. It was named by Ferigolo and Langer in 2007.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
220 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Silesauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. Ferigolo and M. C. Langer. 2007. A Late Triassic dinosauriform from south Brazil and the origin of the ornithischian predentary bone. Historical Biology 19(1):23-33