Chromogisaurus | |
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Skeletal reconstruction of Chromogisaurus novasi. Known elements in white and unknown in dark gray. Missing elements based on Saturnalia tupiniquim | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Family: | †Saturnaliidae |
Genus: | †Chromogisaurus Ezcurra, 2010 |
Species: | †C. novasi
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Binomial name | |
†Chromogisaurus novasi Ezcurra, 2010
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Chromogisaurus is an extinct genus of saturnaliid sauropodomorph which existed in Argentina during the Late Triassic (Carnian) period. It is from the Cancha de Bochas, Valle Pintado member of the Ischigualasto Formation. It was a herbivore about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in length, and was optionally quadrupedal.[1]