Genus: Amanasaurus MÜLLER & GARCIA, 2023
Etymology: Tui, amana, "rain" and Greek, sauros, "lizard"; Silesie lizard.

Species: nesbitti MÜLLER & GARCIA, 2023
Etymology: In honor of Sterling J. Nesbitt, a prominent North American palaeontologist, for his contribution and studies on silesaurs and Triassic archosaurs.

Holotype: CAPPA/FSM 9374

Locality: Pivetta site, 29°39'37"S, 53°25'51"W, between the municipalities of Restinga SEca and Sao Joao do Polesine, Rio Grande do Sull State, Brazil.

Horizon: Lower portion of Candelaria Sequence, Santana Maria Supersequence.

Biostratigraphy: Hyperodapedon Assemblage Zone.

Age: Middle to late Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Proxiomal portion of a right femur.

A-E) CAPPA/UFSM 0374 Holotype, F-I) CAPPA/UFSM 0375 Referred material. A) Anterior; B) Laterial; C) Proximal; D) Medial; E) Posterior; F) Anterior; G) Laterial: H) Posterior and I) Distal views (Modified from MÜLLER & GARCIA, 2023).

 

A) Skeleton; B) CAPPA/UFSM 0374; C) CAPPA/UFSM 0375 (modified from MÜLLER & GARCIA, 2023).

Referred material:

CAPPA/UFSM 0375: Distal portion of a left femur from an individual slightly larger than the holotype.