Dinosaurs · Prosauropod

Guaibasaurus

Say it gwie-bah-sore-us. The name means ‘[Rio] Guaiba lizard’.

Guaibasaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of prosauropods
Length
1.8 m
Diet
Plant-eater
When
Late Triassic221 to 210 million years ago
Fossils found in
Brazil
Named by
Bonaparte, Ferigolo and Ribeiro (1999)
Family tree
Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda
TriassicJurassicCretaceousGuaibasaurus252 Ma66 Ma
Where Guaibasaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Prosauropods. Early long-necked plant-eaters, relatives of the sauropods. See all 16

Lived at the same time

Other prosauropods

Source: Guaibasaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.