Saturnalia tupiniquim

Saturnalia tupiniquim
Temporal range: Late Triassic, 233.23 Ma
Skeletal reconstruction showing known remains of all specimens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Family: Saturnaliidae
Genus: Saturnalia
Langer et al., 1999
Species:
S. tupiniquim
Binomial name
Saturnalia tupiniquim
Langer et al., 1999

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.