Amanasaurus
''Amanasaurus'' (meaning "rain lizard") is a genus of silesaurid dinosauriforms from the Late Triassic Santa Maria Supersequence of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The genus contains a single species, ''A. nesbitti'', known from two partial femora. Discovery and naming The ''Amanasaurus'' holotype specimen, CAPPA/UFSM 0374, was discovered in the ''Hyperodapedon'' Assemblage Zone of the Santa Maria Supersequence (Candelária Sequence) of the Paraná Basin, dated to the late Carnian stage of the Late Triassic. It consists of a proximal right femur. CAPPA/UFSM 0375, a distal left femur belonging to a larger individual from the same locality, was also referred to ''Amanasaurus''. In 2023, Müller & Garcia announced ''Amanasaurus nesbitti'' as a new genus and species of silesaurid based on these remains. The Genus#Use, generic name, "''Amanasaurus''", combines the Tupi language, Tupi word "amana", meaning "rain", with the Greek language, Greek "saurus", meaning "lizard", in reference ...
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