New specimens of Saturnalia tupiniquim (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha): insights into intraspecific variation, rostral anatomy, and skull size
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Sjekket: 4.9.2026
VERIFY:length_max_m: stored=2.5 suggested=1.8 confidence=medium — Published descriptions of the type series and the 2024 referred specimens characterise Saturnalia as a small early sauropodomorph with a skull of only ~10 cm and femora of ~157 mm, consistent with total lengths of roughly 1.5-1.8 m; no peer-reviewed source supports a 2.5 m maximum.
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VERIFY:weight_max_kg: stored=18 suggested=11 confidence=medium — Femoral-circumference mass estimates published for Saturnalia tupiniquim (Delcourt et al. 2012; Benson et al. 2014) give roughly 6.5-11 kg, describing it as a light, gracile animal; the stored 18 kg upper bound exceeds the published range materially.
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Nature
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Peer-reviewed phylogenetic analysis of early dinosaurs that scores and places Saturnalia within Dinosauria, Saurischia and the sauropodomorph stem lineage.
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Gondwana Research
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Documents the Carnian Santa Maria Formation fossil localities of Rio Grande do Sul that yield Saturnalia and their stratigraphic and radioisotopic placement.
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Chemical Geology
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
Reconstructs the seasonal floodplain palaeoenvironment and vegetation of the Santa Maria Supersequence in which Saturnalia lived.
Åpne kilde ↗Skull remains of the dinosaur Saturnalia tupiniquim (Late Triassic, Brazil): With comments on the early evolution of sauropodomorph feeding behaviour
PLOS ONE
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
Describes the cranial and dental anatomy of Saturnalia and infers an omnivorous/faunivorous feeding mode at the base of Sauropodomorpha.
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Nature Communications
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
Extinct taxon; conservation status NE
Åpne kilde ↗New specimens of Saturnalia tupiniquim (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha): insights into intraspecific variation, rostral anatomy, and skull size
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
Comprehensive recent overview of the species' anatomy, specimens, body and skull size, and type locality in the Santa Maria Formation.
Åpne kilde ↗New specimens of Saturnalia tupiniquim (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha): insights into intraspecific variation, rostral anatomy, and skull size
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
Comprehensive recent overview of the species' anatomy, specimens, body and skull size, and type locality in the Santa Maria Formation.
Åpne kilde ↗New specimens of Saturnalia tupiniquim (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha): insights into intraspecific variation, rostral anatomy, and skull size
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
Comprehensive recent overview of the species' anatomy, specimens, body and skull size, and type locality in the Santa Maria Formation.
Åpne kilde ↗New specimens of Saturnalia tupiniquim (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha): insights into intraspecific variation, rostral anatomy, and skull size
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
Comprehensive recent overview of the species' anatomy, specimens, body and skull size, and type locality in the Santa Maria Formation.
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