Dinosauria › Saurischia
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Buriolestes
Buriolestes schultzi Cabreira et al. 2016
Late Triassic (Carnian) · 237–227.3 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Buriolestes schultzi is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 237.0–227.3 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. It was named by Cabreira et al. 2016. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Buriolestes sits in deep time
Buriolestes
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Buriolestes's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.