Triassic
Panphagia
Panphagia protos
The catalogue presents Panphagia as a omnivore member of Sauropodomorpha that lived during the Triassic, between 231.0–225.0 Ma. Its estimated range is 1.3 m in length and 2.5 kg in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Ischigualasto Formation, San Juan, Argentina. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Panphagia, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Martínez and Alcober (2009).
The PBDB places it in Saturnaliidae, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Sauropodomorpha.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Sauropodomorpha
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range is the Carnian.
The PBDB catalogues 1 occurrence, with material from the Ischigualasto Formation (1). Provenance: Argentina.
The catalogue records the holotype as PVSJ 874 and the type locality as “Ischigualasto Formation, San Juan, Argentina”.
- PVSJ 874
- Ischigualasto Formation, San Juan, Argentina
The catalogue's reference measurements are 1.3 m in length and 2.5 kg in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 1.3 m
- 2.5 kg
The record gathers 6 bibliographic references registered in the PBDB, listed below.
Where it lived
Fossil occurrences on today’s map and in the tectonic reconstruction.
Positions reconstructed by PBDB/GPlates, not observed; this is not an exact habitat map.
Artistic 3D reconstruction
There is no approved species-specific 3D model yet. Generic anatomy will not be presented as if it were evidence.
Physical Specifications
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Weight
- 2.5 kg
- Period
- Triassic
- Time range
- 231.0–225.0 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 2009
- Described by
- Ricardo Martínez & Oscar Alcober
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Saurischia
- Family
- Sauropodomorpha
- Genus
- Panphagia
- Species
- P. protos
Data status
Taxonomic name matched to PBDB and checked on 2026-08-08.
Taxonomic linkage does not automatically validate size, mass, behaviour or appearance.
- Type specimen
- PVSJ 874
- Type locality
- Ischigualasto Formation, San Juan, Argentina