Unaysaurus

DV-0558

Lived: 227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
Length: about 2.5 m (8 ft)
Group: Early sauropodomorphs, Plateosauridae
Found in: Brazil
Named by: Leal et al. 2004

Field notes

About Unaysaurus

Unaysaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago. It belongs to the family Plateosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Unaysaurus, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Caturrita Formation. It was named by Leal et al. in 2004.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

220 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Unaysaurus?

Unaysaurus: about 2.5 m (8 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical early sauropodomorph shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Plateosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. A. Leal, S. A. K. Azevedo, and A. W. A. Kellner, A. A. S. Da Rosa. 2004. A new early dinosaur (Sauropodomorpha) from the Caturrita Formation (Late Triassic), Paraná Basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 690:1-24