Unaysaurus tolentinoi - new Brazilian sauropodomorph

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Leal, L.A., Azevedo, S.A.K., Kellner, A.W.A., and Da Rosa, A.A.S. (2004)  A 
new early dinosaur (Sauropodomorpha) from the Caturrita Formation (Late 
Triassic), Parana Basin, Brazil.  Zootaxa 690: 1-24

This critter comes from the Carnian-Norian, and the specimen includes a 
nearly complete skull, plus postcranial elements.  _Unaysaurus_ was a biped, 
about 2.5m long.   Apparently it's most closely related to the European 
_Plateosaurus_.  The name _Unaysaurus_ comes from the indigenous tupy word 
"unay" ("Black Water"), in reference to Agua Negra (Black Water), the 
Portuguese name for the region where the fossils were found.

Yahoo has a report on this new dinosaur.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=585&ncid=585&e=1&u=/nm/20041202/sc_nm/science_brazil_dinosaur_dc