Tietasaura derbyiana Tietasaura
"Tieta lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tietasaura 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
- Place
- Brazil
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Tietasaura (meaning “Tieta lizard”) is an extinct genus of elasmarian ornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Marfim Formation of Brazil. The genus contains a single species, T. derbyiana, known from a single incomplete femur. Tietasaura is notable for being the first ornithischian dinosaur ever named from Brazil.
What we know
- Named by Bandeira et al., 2024.
- Fossils found in Brazil.