Gamatavus
Extinct genus of silesaurid dinosauromorphs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Gamatavus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauriformes |
Clade: | Dracohors |
Family: | †Silesauridae |
Genus: | †Gamatavus Pretto et al., 2022 |
Species: | †G. antiquus |
Binomial name | |
†Gamatavus antiquus Pretto et al., 2022 | |
Gamatavus type locality in Dilermando de Aguiar Municipality, Brazil |
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