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early long-neck
Bagualosaurus
Say it like this: “bag-WAH-lo-SOR-us”
Bagualosaurus agudoensis
Bagualosaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in Brazil.
- When
- Late Triassic (Carnian) · roughly 237 to 227.3 million years ago
- Named in
- 2018 · Pretto, F. A.; Langer, M. C.; Schultz, C. L.
- Hip height
- 0.7 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 2.2 m · 7 ft
- Weight
- 6 kg · 13 lb
- Found in
- Brazil · Santa Maria
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Bagualosauria
The story in short
The genus Bagualosaurus dates to 2018, the year F. A. Pretto and colleagues described it. The name means “strongly built fellow.”
Fossils referred to Bagualosaurus date to the Late Triassic (Carnian), roughly 237 to 227.3 million years ago. Finds come from Brazil, including the Santa Maria Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Bagualosaurus at a length near 2.2 m, hips about 0.7 m high, and a body mass around 6 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Bagualosauria, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.