Tietasaura
Genus of ornithopod dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tietasaura (meaning "Tieta lizard") is an extinct genus of elasmarian ornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Marfim Formation of Brazil. The genus contains a single species, T. derbyiana, known from a single incomplete femur. Tietasaura is notable for being the first ornithischian dinosaur ever named from Brazil.
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Tietasaura Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Valanginian–Hauterivian | |
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Skeletal reconstruction (known material in white) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
Clade: | †Elasmaria |
Genus: | †Tietasaura Bandeira et al., 2024 |
Species: | †T. derbyiana |
Binomial name | |
†Tietasaura derbyiana Bandeira et al., 2024 | |
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