Saturnalia

DV-0451

Lived: 237 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs, Saturnaliidae
Found in: Brazil
Named by: Langer et al. 1999

Field notes

About Saturnalia

Saturnalia 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 2 finds of Saturnalia, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Santa Maria Formation. It was named by Langer et al. in 1999.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

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: M. C. Langer, F. Abdala, and M. Richter, M. J. Benton. 1999. A sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) of southern Brazil. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris: Sciences de la terre et des planètes 329:511-517