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New sauropodomorph and cynodont remains from the Late Triassic Sacisaurus site in southern Brazil and its stratigraphic position in the Norian Caturrita Formation

2018; Institute of Paleobiology; Volume: 63; Linguagem: Inglês

10.4202/app.00492.2018

1732-2421

Júlio C. A. Marsola, Jonathas S. Bittencourt, Átila Augusto Stock da Rosa, Agustín G. Martinelli, Ana María Ribeiro, Jorge Ferigolo, Max C. Langer,

Fish biology, ecology, and behavior

Sacisaurus agudoensis is the only silesaurid known from the Triassic beds of the Santa Maria Supersequence and the correlation of its type locality to the other Triassic deposits of south Brazil has always been controversial.In an attempt to improve this, a handful of dinosaur and cynodont remains found associated to S. agudoensis are here described and compared.The anatomy of the sauropodomorph is more similar to that of Norian forms such as Pantydraco caducus and Unaysaurus tolentinoi than to that of Carnian taxa such as Saturnalia tupiniquim and Pampadromaeus barberenai .The cynodonts recovered based on isolated teeth include a brasilodontid and a Riograndia-like form.This assemblage is consistent with a Norian age, as is also suggested by local stratigraphic correlation, which positions the site in the Caturrita Formation.