Saturnalia tupiniquim Temporal range: Late Triassic,
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Skeletal reconstruction showing known remains as of 2019 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Family: | †Saturnaliidae |
Genus: | †Saturnalia Langer et al., 1999 |
Species: | †S. tupiniquim
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Binomial name | |
†Saturnalia tupiniquim Langer et al., 1999
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Saturnalia is an extinct genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic Santa Maria Formation of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. It contains one species, Saturnalia tupiniquim. It is one of the earliest known dinosaurs.