Staurikosaurus pricei Colbert, 1970

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Staurikosaurus pricei Colbert, 1970

Age . Camian.

Occurrence. Santa Maria Formation, Rio Grande del Sul, Brazil.

Diagnosis. Postacetabular process of ilium abbreviated and straight posteriorly; pubic boot confluent with pubic shafts posteriorly; distal end of tibia roughly circular in outline.

Remarks. Staurikosaurus was described by Colbert (1970) on the basis of an incomplete skeleton from the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil. The material was redescribed by Galton (1977). The taxon has variously been regarded as a close relative of Herrerasaurus , and included in the same family with this taxon ( Benedetto 1973; Gauthier 1986; Novas 1989, 1992 b), or as a more remotely related basal dinosaur ( Galton 1977; Brinkman and Sues 1987; Benton 1990; Sues 1990).