Reptilia - Ornithischia - Silesauridae

Full reference: F. A. Pretto, R. T. Müller, D. Moroab, M. Silva Garcia, and V. A. Dutra Paes Neto Stock Da Rosa. 2022. The oldest South American silesaurid: New remains from the Middle Triassic (Pinheiros-Chiniquá Sequence, Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone) increase the time range of silesaurid fossil record in southern Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 120:104039

Parent taxon: Silesauridae according to F. A. Pretto et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Amanasaurus, Asilisaurus, Lewisuchinae, Lewisuchus, Soumyasaurus, Sulcimentisauria

Subtaxa: Gamatavus antiquus

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Type: Gamatavus antiquus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Picada do Gama site (Triassic of Brazil)

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