Named By: | Edwin H. Colbert in 1970 |
Time Period: | Late Triassic, 225 Ma |
Location: | Brazil - Santa Maria Formation |
Size: | About 2.25 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Lower jaw and partial post cranial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Herrerasauridae | |
Staurikosaurus (Pronounced "STORE-ee-koh-SAWR-us", "Southern Cross lizard") is a genus of herrerasaurid dinosaur from the Late Triassic of Brazil, found in Paleorrota Geopark.