Gamatavus antiquus
"Picada do Gama great-grandfather"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Gamatavus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Middle Triassic (247–237 Mya)
- Place
- South America · Gondwana · Brazil
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Silesauridae
Gamatavus (meaning “Picada do Gama great-grandfather”) is a genus of silesaurid dinosauriform from the Middle Triassic Santa Maria Formation of Dilermando de Aguiar Municipality, Brazil. The genus contains a single species, G. antiquus, known from a partial ilium. Gamatavus represents one of the oldest silesaurids known from South America, alongside the roughly coeval Gondwanax.
What we know
- Named by Pretto et al., 2022.
- Fossils found in South America and Gondwana.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Gamatavus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.