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early long-neck
Buriolestes
Say it like this: “BUH-ree-oh-LESS-teez”
Buriolestes schultzi
Buriolestes ate meat 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
- 2016 · Cabreira, S. F.; Kellner, A. W. A.; Dias-da-Silva, S.; Roberto-da-Silva, L.; Bronzati, M.; Marsola, J. C. de A.; Müller, R. T.; Bittencourt, J. de S.; Batista, B. J.; Raugust, T.; Carrilho, R.; Brodt, A.; Langer, M. C.
- Hip height
- 0.5 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 1.5 m · 5 ft
- Weight
- 6–15 kg · 13–33 lb
- Found in
- Brazil · Santa Maria
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Sauropodomorpha
The story in short
In 2016, S. F. Cabreira and colleagues published the name Buriolestes. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Triassic (Carnian), roughly 237 to 227.3 million years ago. Finds come from Brazil, including the Santa Maria Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Buriolestes at a length near 1.5 m, hips about 0.5 m high, and a body mass around 6–15 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Sauropodomorpha, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Agrosaurus
Agrosaurus macgillivrayi
Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · roughly 205.7 to 201.4 million years ago
Ahvaytum
Ahvaytum bahndooiveche
Late Triassic (Carnian) · roughly 237 to 227.3 million years ago
Arcusaurus
Arcusaurus pereirabdalorum
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago