Sacisaurus Sacisaurus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Sacisaurus 1.1 m (3.6 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 1.1 m (3.6 ft)
- Period
- Late Triassic (225 Mya)
- Place
- Brazil
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Silesauridae
Sacisaurus (“Saci lizard”) is a silesaurid dinosauriform from the Late Triassic (Norian) Caturrita Formation of southern Brazil. The scientific name, Sacisaurus agudoensis, refers to the city where the species was found, Agudo in the Rio Grande do Sul state, whereas Sacisaurus refers to Saci, a famous one-legged creature from Brazilian mythology, because among the dozens of fossil material unearthed, 35 right femora were collected whereas only 1 left femur was found.
What we know
- Named by Ferigolo & Langer 2006.
- Body length estimated at about 1.1 m.
- Fossils found in Brazil.