Teyuwasu

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iTeyuwasu Fossil range: Late Triassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria? Order: Saurischia? Genus: Teyuwasu Species: T. barbarenai
Binomial name
Teyuwasu barbarenai Kischlat, 1999

Teyuwasu is a dubious genus of dinosaur from the Triassic. Named by Kischlat in 1999, little is currently known about this genus; the type species, T. barbarenai, was named from leg bones from Brazil, and is named in honor of Dr. M.C. Barberena, a South American paleontologist. "Teyuwasu" means "big lizard" in the Tupi language. The holotype is held at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich.

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• Details on Teyuwasu, from the Dinosaur Mailing List