Maehary

Maehary (meaning "one who looks to the sky" in Guaraní) is an extinct genus of probable gracilisuchid pseudosuchian archosaurs from the Late Triassic (Norian) Caturrita Formation of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

The Maehary holotype specimen, CAPPA/UFSM 0300, was discovered between 2002 and 2005 in layers of the Caturrita Formation (Linha São Luiz Site, Candelária Sequence, Santa Maria Supersequence) near Faxinal do Soturno, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

The generic name, "Maehary" is derived from the Guarani-Kaiowa phrase "Ma'ehary", roughly translating to "who looks to the sky", in reference to the alleged pterosauromorph affinities of the taxon.

[4] Later that year, Foffa et al. discussed the phylogenetic affinities of Maehary, explaining that it could not be confidently regarded as a pterosauromorph without additional fossil material to clarify its anatomy.

[3] The archosaurian results of Müller et al. (2023) are displayed in the cladogram below: Ornithosuchidae Aetosauriformes Erpetosuchidae Yonghesuchus Gracilisuchus Maehary Ticinosuchus Mandasuchus Spondylosoma Dinosauromorpha Lagerpetidae Pterosauria

Holotype skull material