Sacisaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Skeletal reconstruction of Sacisaurus agudoensis. Known elements are in white. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia (?) |
Family: | †Silesauridae |
Clade: | †Sulcimentisauria |
Genus: | †Sacisaurus Ferigolo & Langer 2006 |
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Sacisaurus ("Saci lizard") is a silesaurid dinosauriform from the Late Triassic (Norian) Caturrita Formation of southern Brazil.[1] 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.[2]
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