Amanasaurus

Amanasaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic (Carnian), ~
Skeletal reconstruction showing known fossil material
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauriformes
Clade: Dracohors
Family: Silesauridae
Genus: Amanasaurus
Müller & Garcia, 2023
Species:
A. nesbitti
Binomial name
Amanasaurus nesbitti
Müller & Garcia, 2023

Amanasaurus (meaning "rain lizard") is a genus of silesaurid dinosauriform 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.[1]

  1. ^ Müller, R. T.; Garcia, M. S. (2023). "A new silesaurid from Carnian beds of Brazil fills a gap in the radiation of avian line archosaurs". Scientific Reports. 13. 4981. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-32057-x. PMC 10090097.

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