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early long-neck
Nhandumirim
Nhandumirim waldsangae
Nhandumirim 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
- 2018 · Marsola, J. C. A.; Bittencourt, J. S.; Butler, R. J.; Da Rosa, Á. A. S.; Sayão, J. M.; Langer, M. C.
- Hip height
- 0.2 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Weight
- 2 kg · 3 lb
- Found in
- Brazil · Santa Maria
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Saturnaliidae
The story in short
In 2018, J. C. A. Marsola and colleagues published the name Nhandumirim. The name means “small rhea.”
Fossils referred to Nhandumirim 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 carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Nhandumirim at a length near 1 m, hips about 0.2 m high, and a body mass around 2 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Saturnaliidae, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.