Dinosaur
Buriolestes
Buriolestes was a lightly built early sauropodomorph with a small head and a long tail.
Buriolestes was a lightly built early sauropodomorph with a small head and a long tail. Its teeth show that the ancestry of the giant plant-eating sauropods includes animals with a very different feeding apparatus.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Buriolestes at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Its feeding structures are interpreted as adapted to taking animal prey.
- When it lived
- Late Triassic
- Group
- Sauropodomorpha
- Sauropodomorpha
Beyond the game
The real Buriolestes
Buriolestes was a lightly built early sauropodomorph with a small head and a long tail. Its teeth show that the ancestry of the giant plant-eating sauropods includes animals with a very different feeding apparatus.
The ancestry of the giant plant-eating sauropods included small animals with a very different feeding apparatus. Its teeth are an important part of that contrast.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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