SATURNALIA

(sat-urn-ay-lee-ah)
meaning: "Latin for carnival, also a name of an ancient Roman festival in honour of the god Saturn"

Named By:	M. C. Langer, F. Abdala, M. Richter & M. Benton in 1999
Time Period:	Late Triassic, 228 Ma
Location:	Brazil - Santa Maria Formation. Zimbabwe - Pebbly Arkose Formation
Size:	Estimated about 1.5 meters long
Diet:	Uncertain
Fossil(s):	Mandible, teeth and partial post cranial skeleton
Classification:	| Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropodomorpha | Guaibasauridae | Saturnaliinae |

Saturnalia is an extinct genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Triassic of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.