- Type of dinosaur:
- prosauropod
- Length:
- 1.8m
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Triassic, 221–210 million years ago
- Found in:
- Brazil
This early dinosaur is known from a partial skeleton. Scientists are not sure how it relates to later dinosaurs.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda
- Named by:
- Bonaparte, Ferigolo and Ribeiro (1999)
- Type species:
- candelariensis
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