Gamatavus Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia (?) |
Family: | †Silesauridae |
Genus: | †Gamatavus Pretto et al., 2022 |
Species: | †G. antiquus
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Binomial name | |
†Gamatavus antiquus Pretto et al., 2022
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Gamatavus type locality in Dilermando de Aguiar Municipality, Brazil |
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 the oldest silesaurid known from South America.[1]
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