Bagualosaurus

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Bagualosaurus 2.3 m (7.4 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
Length
2.3 m (7.4 ft)
Period
Late Triassic (230 Mya)
Place
Brazil
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.

Bagualosaurus is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Candelária Sequence (Uppermost Santa Maria Formation) of Brazil, dating to around 230 million years ago, in the Carnian of the Late Triassic. It includes one species, Bagualosaurus agudoensis.

What we know

  • Named by Pretto, Langer & Schultz, 2018.
  • Body length estimated at about 2.25 m.
  • Fossils found in Brazil.

What we guess

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