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GUAIBASAURUS
(gu-ay-bah-sore-us)
meaning: "Guaiba lizard"
Guaibasaurus
Named By: J. F. Bonaparte, J. Ferigolo, and A. M. Ribeiro in 1999
Time Period: Late Triassic, 216.5-212 Ma
Location: Brazil
Size: Roughly 1.8 meters long
Diet: Uncertain
Fossil(s): Almost complete and articulated post cranial skeleton and an almost complete hind limb
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropodomorpha | Guaibasauridae |
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Guaibasaurus is an extinct genus of basal dinosaur known from the Triassic of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.

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