Unaysaurus

Oo-nay-sore-us
By Cassidy Wood
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Cassidy Wood

Paleoentomologist

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Wood, C. (2016, June 26). Unaysaurus. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/unaysaurus/

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Name

Unaysaurus ‭(‬Black water lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

Oo-nay-sore-us

Named By

L.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Leal,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Azevodo,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Kellner‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬da Rosa‭ ‬-‭ ‬2004.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Plateosauria,‭ ‬Plateosauridae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

U.‭ ‬tolentinoi‭

Size

Estimated about‭ ‬2.5‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

Brazil‭ ‬-‭ ‬Caturrita Formation.

Time Period

Late Carnian/early Norian of the Triassic.

Fossil representation

Almost complete skull and partial post cranial remains.

In Depth

       Unaysaurus is the first confirmed sauropodomorph dinosaur to be named from Brazil,‭ ‬though there is speculation that another genus named in‭ ‬1999‭ ‬called Teyuwasu might also be a sauropodomorph.‭ ‬The closest relative to Unaysaurus is thought to be the famous Plateosaurus from Germany.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new early dinosaur‭ (‬Sauropodomorpha‭) ‬from the Caturrita Formation‭ (‬Late Triassic‭) ‬-‭ ‬Paran� Basin,‭ ‬Brazil.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Zootaxa‭ ‬690:‭ ‬1‭–‬24.‭ ‬-‭ ‬L.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Leal,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Azevodo,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Kellner‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬da Rosa‭ ‬-‭ ‬2004.

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