Outline: a typical early ornithischian
Amanasaurus
"rain lizard"
- Lived
- 237 to 227 million years ago, Late Triassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Silesauridae
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- Müller and Garcia 2023
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
230 million years ago
Field notes
About Amanasaurus
What it was like
Amanasaurus was a silesaurid, a small, slender relative of the dinosaurs. It is known from two partial thigh bones.
Its world
It lived in the Late Triassic in what is now Brazil.
How it was found
Müller and Garcia named it in 2023. Its name comes from a native word for rain.
Close relatives
Other members of Silesauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: R. T. Müller and M. S. Garcia. 2023. A new silesaurid from Carnian beds of Brazil fills a gap in the radiation of avian line archosaurs. Scientific Reports (4981)