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Silesauridae

Amanasaurus

"rain lizard"

Generic small ornithischian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Amanasaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic small ornithischian body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Amanasaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Triassic (233.23 Mya)
Place
Brazil
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Silesauridae

Amanasaurus (meaning “rain lizard”) is a genus of silesaurid dinosauriforms from the Late Triassic Santa Maria Supersequence of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The genus contains a single species, A. nesbitti, known from two partial femora.

What we know

  • Named by Müller & Garcia, 2024.
  • Fossils found in Brazil.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Amanasaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.