Sacisaurus agudoensis

Based on a few fragmentary remains, Sacisaurus was apparently a smaller relative of the polish Silesaurus. This little beaked herbivore was a precursor of the ornithischian dinosaur.

Name

Sacisaurus agudoensis

Authority

Ferigolo and Langer, 2007

Meaning of generic name

Saci (a fabled entity of Brazilian lore that possesses a single leg) lizard

Meaning of specific name

From Agudo, the town where the material was found

Size

Length: 1.5 m

Remains

Holotype (MCN PV10041): Left dentary

Referred specimens: Dentaries, skull fragments, right scapula, partial hindlimb and sacrum, isolated vertebrae.

Age and Distribution

Horizon: Caturrita Formation, Upper Triassic (latest Carnian-early Norian).

Locality: Aguda, Rio Grande del Sul, South Brazil

Classification

Dinosauromorpha Dinosauriformes

Further Reading

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

Image by Nobu Tamura (click to enlarge)

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