Bagualosaurus

bagual (wild horse) lizard

• bagual · Brazilian Portuguese (gaucho) · wild, untamed horse; also 'excellent'
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines "bagual", a word from southern Brazilian gaucho culture for a wild, untamed horse (also used colloquially to mean something excellent or impressive), with the Greek word for lizard. It was chosen as a nod to the local gaucho culture of Rio Grande do Sul, where the fossil was found. The type species is Bagualosaurus agudoensis, named after the municipality of Agudo.

Named by

Pretto, Langer and Schultz

Year named

2018

Period

Late Triassic

Stage

Carnian

Found in

Santa Maria Formation, Agudo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

An early sauropodomorph (an early relative of the long-necked sauropods), not a true sauropod. It is one of the earliest known members of the group's early radiation.