Gamatavus

Name: Gamatavus.
Phonetic: Gam-ah-ta-vus
Named By: Flávio Augusto Pretto,‭ ‬Rodrigo Temp Müller,‭ ‬Debora Moro,‭ ‬Maurício Silva Garcia,‭ ‬Voltaire Dutra Paes Neto‭ & ‬Átila Augusto Stock Da Rosa‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauriformes,‭ ‬Dracohors,‭ ‬Silesauridae.
Species: G.‭ ‬antiquus‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Uncertain/omnivore‭?
Size: Unknown.
Known locations: Brazil‭ ‬-‭ ‬Santa Maria Formation.
Time period: Ladinian/early Carnian Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains.

       Gamatavus is a genus of silesaurid that lived in South America during the Triassic.‭ ‬At the time of its description,‭ ‬Gamatavus was recognised as the oldest known silesaurid from this continent.

Further reading
-‭ ‬The oldest South American silesaurid:‭ ‬New remains from the Middle Triassic‭ (‬Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence,‭ ‬Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone‭) ‬increase the time range of silesaurid fossil record in southern Brazil.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of South American Earth Sciences.‭ ‬120‭ ‬-‭ ‬Flávio Augusto Pretto,‭ ‬Rodrigo Temp Müller,‭ ‬Debora Moro,‭ ‬Maurício Silva Garcia,‭ ‬Voltaire Dutra Paes Neto‭ & ‬Átila Augusto Stock Da Rosa‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.

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