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Staurikosaurus

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Staurikosaurus was one of the earliest dinosaurs.

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Fact file

Pronounced

stor-ik-oh-sore-us

Meaning of name

Southern Cross lizard

Length

  2m

Diet

carnivorous

When it lived

Late Triassic
(227 - 221 million years ago)

Found in

Brazil

Taxonomic details