Dinosauria›Saurischia
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Buriolestes Buriolestes schultzi Cabreira et al. 2016
/bˈɛɹɪˌoʊləsts/
estimated
Late Triassic (Carnian) · 237–227.3 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Where It Was Found
Country
Brazil
Region
Rio Grande do Sul
Formation
Santa Maria
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
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. Fossils have been recovered from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Buriolestes schultzi sits in deep time
Buriolestes
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Buriolestes schultzi's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.