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Bagualosaurus

Say it: bah-GWAH-loh-SORE-us

Name means: “strongly built fellow”1

Ate: PlantsLong-necksLate Triassic

Bagualosaurus was an early long-necked dinosaur that lived about 230 million years ago in what is now Brazil. It was about the size of a small car and walked on two strong legs. This dinosaur was mostly a plant-eater, using its leaf-shaped teeth to munch on ferns and other greenery.1

Lived

237 to 206 million years ago2

Late Triassic

Fossils found in

Agudo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil1

Food

Plants1

Length

2.25 m1

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

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Bagualosaurus was discovered in 2007 in a ravine near Agudo, Brazil, and its skeleton was removed in a single block of stone.1

The name Bagualosaurus comes from a local Brazilian word 'bagual', meaning a strong, sturdy fellow, because of its powerful hind legs.1

This dinosaur lived during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic, about 230 million years ago, making it one of the earlier sauropodomorphs.1

Bagualosaurus was about 45% larger than other sauropodomorphs from the same time period, based on the length of its thigh bone.1

Its skull and teeth were similar to later long-necked dinosaurs like Plateosaurus, but its body shape was more primitive.1

The only known fossil of Bagualosaurus was found lying on its back with its hind legs pulled up, which is a rare position for dinosaur fossils.1

AI-made picture of Bagualosaurus — An AI-made picture of how Bagualosaurus might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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?How big was Bagualosaurus?

Bagualosaurus was about 2.25 metres long, which is much smaller than a car.1

?What did Bagualosaurus eat?

Bagualosaurus was mostly a plant-eater. Its leaf-shaped teeth were good for chewing ferns and other greenery.1

?When did Bagualosaurus live?

Bagualosaurus lived about 230 million years ago, during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic.1

?Where was Bagualosaurus found?

Its fossil was found in 2007 in a ravine near Agudo, in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.1

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Scientific name: Bagualosaurus
Named by: Pretto et al. 20192
Group: Long-necks
Family / clade: Bagualosauria2
Classification: Sauropodomorpha2
Age of the rocks: 237 to 206 million years (Carnian / Norian)2
Rock formations: Santa Maria2
Countries: Brazil2
Fossil records: 1 in the Paleobiology Database2
Discovery: Bagualosaurus was named and described in 2018 by paleontologists Flávio Augusto Pretto, Max Cardoso Langer, and Cesar Leandro Schultz. The skeleton was found in 2007 near Agudo, Brazil, and studied for several years before being officially named.1

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Bagualosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Bagualosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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