Teyuwasu

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Teyuwasu Fossil range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria? Order: Saurischia? Genus: Teyuwasu Kischlat, 1999
Species
T. barbarenai Kischlatm, 1999 (type)

Teyuwasu is a dubious genus of dinosaur from the Late 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.

[edit] References

• Details on Teyuwasu, from the Dinosaur Mailing List