STL Science Center

STL Science Center

19 July 2018

Known but not Famous

I mentioned on Tuesday that Staurikosaurus is a much published and important dinosaur in the scientific community. Outside of the scientific community the knowledge about, and reaction to, the existence of Staurikosaurus is minimal at best. Staurikosaurus does appear in a number of popular arenas, including the video game on the original PlayStation (see the video below at 5:39 for this version of Staurikosaurus). One place we know that people know about Staurikosaurus for sure is Brazil, where the animal was originally discovered and unearthed. Canela, a town near the discovery site, has a statue of Staurikosaurus alongside a small rhynchosaur.
Photo by Sergio Kaminski, CC BY-SA 3.0

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