Sacisaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0644Caturrita Fm., Brazil

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

1 find

220 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: 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