- Name
- Staurikosaurus pricei
- Authority
- Colbert, 1970
- Meaning of generic name
- Southern cross lizard
[Southern Cross is actually not "staurikos" or "staurikon" but "Σταυρός του Νότου" or "Νότιος Σταυρός" in Greek] - Meaning of specific name
- [of Price]
- Size
- Length: 2 m
- Remains
- Holotype (MCZ 1669): partial skeleton
- Age and Distribution
- Santa Maria Formation (Carnian), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Classification
- Dinosauria Saurischia Herrerasauria Staurikosauridae
- Further Reading
- E. H. Colbert. 1970. A saurischian dinosaur from the Triassic of Brazil. American Museum Novitates 2405:1-39
- Image by Nobu Tamura (click to enlarge)
Staurikosaurus pricei: 
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Staurikosaurus pricei
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