Genus: Buriolestes CABREIRA, KELLNER, DIAS-DA-SILVA, da SILVA, BRONZATI, de ALMEIDA MARSOLA, MÜLLER, de SOUZA BITTENCOURT, BATISTA, RAUGUST, CARRILHO, BRODT, & LANGER, 2016
Etymology: In honor of the family name Buriol (Brazil), who own the type locality, and Greek, lestes, "robber."

Species: schultzi CABREIRA, KELLNER, DIAS-DA-SILVA, da SILVA, BRONZATI, de ALMEIDA MARSOLA, MÜLLER, de SOUZA BITTENCOURT, BATISTA, RAUGUST, CARRILHO, BRODT, & LANGER, 2016
Etymology: In honor of the paleontologist Cesar Schultz.

Holotype: ULBRA-PVT280

Locality: Buriol ravine, 29°39'30.78"S, 53°26'08.97"W, Sao Joao do Polesine, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Horizon: Alemoa Member, Santa Maria Formation, Candelaria sequence, Parana Basin.

Biostratigraphy: Hyperodapedon Assemblage Zone.

Age: Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Articulated skeleton including partial skull, few pre-sacral, 3 sacral, and 42 tail vertebrae, left scapula, and forelimb lacking most of the manus, paired ilia and ischia, partial left pubis, and nealry complete left hind limb.

Referred material:

MÜLLER, LANGER, BRONZATI, PACHECO, CABREIRA & DIAS-DA-SILVA, 2018

CAPP/UFSM 0035: A nearly complete and articualted skeleton, the skull is almost entirely preserved, including both lower jaws, the axial skeleton includes the complete cervical and trunk series but lacks the last sacral vertebra and caudal series. Pectoral elements include a partial left scapula and coracoid and a fragmentary left humerus. Pelvic elements include both ilia, the proximal portion of both bubes, the proximal portion of the right ischium, an almost complete right femur, a framentary left femur and partial right tibia and fibula and some phalanges from the right pedal digits III and IV.

MÜLLER, PRETTO, STEFANELLO, SILVA-NEVES & DIAS-DA-SILVA, 2017

CAPPA/UFSM 0179: Axis.

 

= cf. Buriolestes schultzi MORO, DAMKE, MÜLLER, KERBER & PRETTO, 2023

Locality: Piche site, 29°39'13.2"S, 53°27.39.9"W, Sao Joao do Polesine Municipality, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil.

Horizon: Candelaria sequence, Santa Maria Supersequence.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

CAPPA/UFSM 0244: Right premaxilla and maxilla, 1 cervical vertebra, 2 trunk vertebrae, 2 sacral vertebrae with ribs, 3 caudal vertebrae, fragmented ribs, right scapula and coracoid, humeri, left ilium, left and fragmentary pubes, right femur, right tibia and left astragalus.