Sacisaurus Ferigolo and Langer 2007 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Silesauridae

Full reference: J. Ferigolo and M. C. Langer. 2007. A Late Triassic dinosauriform from south Brazil and the origin of the ornithischian predentary bone. Historical Biology 19(1):23-33

Parent taxon: Sulcimentisauria according to A. O. Fonseca et al. 2024

See also Bittencourt and Langer 2011, Ferigolo and Langer 2007, Griffin and Nesbitt 2016, Kammerer et al. 2012, Martínez et al. 2016, Martz and Small 2019, Nesbitt 2011 and Nesbitt et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Diodorus, Eucoelophysis, Kwanasaurus, Lutungutali, Silesaurus, Technosaurus

Subtaxa: Sacisaurus agudoensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Agudo, Sacisaurus site (Triassic of Brazil)

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