Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Silesauridae
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Gamatavus Gamatavus antiquus Pretto et al. 2022
/ɡˈæmɐtˌævəs/
estimated
Middle Triassic (Ladinian) · 241.5–237 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Brazil
Region
Rio Grande do Sul
Formation
Santa Maria
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Gamatavus antiquus is a dinosaur known from the Middle Triassic, roughly 241.5–237.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was named by Pretto et al. 2022. 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 Gamatavus antiquus sits in deep time
Gamatavus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Gamatavus antiquus'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.