Staurikosaurus

Staurikosaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic, 233.23 Ma
Reconstructed skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Family: Herrerasauridae
Genus: Staurikosaurus
Colbert, 1970
Species:
S. pricei
Binomial name
Staurikosaurus pricei
Colbert, 1970
Synonyms
  • Teyuwasu barberenai Kischlat, 1999

Staurikosaurus (Pronounced "STORE-ee-koh-SAWR-us", "Southern Cross lizard") is a genus of herrerasaurid[1] dinosaur from the Late Triassic of Brazil, found in the Santa Maria Formation.

  1. ^ Nesbitt, S. J.; Smith, N. D.; Irmis, R. B.; Turner, A. H.; Downs, A.; Norell, M. A. (2009). "A complete skeleton of a Late Triassic saurischian and the early evolution of dinosaurs". Science. 326 (5959): 1530–1533. Bibcode:2009Sci...326.1530N. doi:10.1126/science.1180350. PMID 20007898. S2CID 8349110.