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early long-neck
Pampadromaeus
Say it like this: “PAM-puh-DROH-me-us”
Pampadromaeus barberenai
Pampadromaeus ate plants and 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
- 2011 · Cabreira, S. F.; Schultz, C. L.; Bittencourt, J. S.; Soares, M. B.; Fortier, D. C.; Silva, L. R.; Langer, M. C.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.5 m · 5 ft
- Weight
- 4 kg · 9 lb
- Found in
- Brazil · Santa Maria
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Saturnaliidae
The story in short
In 2011, S. F. Cabreira and colleagues published the name Pampadromaeus.
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 an omnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Pampadromaeus at a length near 1.5 m and a body mass around 4 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Saturnaliidae, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.