Maehary

Maehary
Temporal range: Late Triassic,
(Norian) ~225.42 Ma
Hypothetical skull reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Suchia
Family: Gracilisuchidae (?)
Genus: Maehary
Kellner et al., 2022
Species:
M. bonapartei
Binomial name
Maehary bonapartei
Kellner et al., 2022

Maehary (meaning "one who looks to the sky" in Guaraní) is an extinct genus of probable gracilisuchid pseudosuchian archosaurs from the Late Triassic (Norian) Caturrita Formation of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The genus contains a single species, M. bonapartei, known from a partial skull and fragmentary postcrania. Maehary was originally described as the basalmost member of the Pterosauromorpha, but several subsequent studies have suggested pseudosuchian affinities are more likely. If this is correct, it would represent the youngest known member of the Gracilisuchidae.