Dinosaur
Saturnalia
Saturnalia was a small early sauropodomorph with a long tail and comparatively slender proportions.
Saturnalia was a small early sauropodomorph with a long tail and comparatively slender proportions. Its skeleton belongs near an important early part of the history of long-necked dinosaurs.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Saturnalia at a glance
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Its anatomy is interpreted as consistent with a broader range of plant and animal food.
- When it lived
- Late Triassic
- Group
- Sauropodomorpha
- Sauropodomorpha
Beyond the game
The real Saturnalia
Saturnalia was a small early sauropodomorph with a long tail and comparatively slender proportions. Its skeleton belongs near an important early part of the history of long-necked dinosaurs.
Changes in head, neck and feeding anatomy accumulated within the sauropodomorph branch. Its relatively small body records an early part of a history that eventually produced enormous four-legged animals.
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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