Buriolestes

Buriolestes
Temporal range: Late Triassic (Carnian)
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Block containing the holotype fossil
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Genus: Buriolestes
Cabreira et al. 2016
Species:
B. schultzi
Binomial name
Buriolestes schultzi
Cabreira et al. 2016

Buriolestes is a genus of early sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Late Triassic Santa Maria Formation of the Paraná Basin in southern Brazil. It contains a single species, B. schultzi, named in 2016. The type specimen was found alongside a specimen of the lagerpetid dinosauromorph Ixalerpeton.

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