Teyuwasu barbarenai

Teyuwasu barbarenai Kischlat, 1999

Place: Santa Maria Formation, Rio Grande do Sul State
Time: Carnian, Late Triassic
Etymology: From Tupi teyu "lizard" and wasu "big". The specific name honours paleontologist M. C. Barbarena.
References:
Kischlat, 1999. A new dinosaurian "rescued" from the Brazilian Triassic: Teyuwasu barbarenai, new taxon. Paleontologia em Destaque, Boletim Informativo da Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia 14(26) 58.

Description:
The current status is still disputed, it can be a basal dinosaur, a basal saurischian or a thecodont.