Guaibasaurus
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Guaibasaurus is an extinct genus of basal saurischian dinosaur known from the Late Triassic Caturrita Formation of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.[1][2][3][4] Most analyses recover it as a sauropodomorph,[1][5][6][7] although there are some suggestions that it was a theropod instead.[8] In 2016 Gregory S. Paul estimated it at 2 meters (6.6 ft) and 10 kg (22 lbs), whereas in 2020 Molina-Pérez and Larramendi listed it at 3 meters (10 ft) and 35 kg (77 lbs).[9][10]
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Guaibasaurus | |
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Skeletal reconstruction of Guaibasaurus candelariensis as an advanced, Unaysaurus-grade sauropodomorph. Known elements are in white. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Family: | †Guaibasauridae |
Genus: | †Guaibasaurus Bonaparte et al., 1999 |
Species: | †G. candelariensis |
Binomial name | |
†Guaibasaurus candelariensis Bonaparte et al., 1999 | |
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