Genus

Valid Extinct

Ibirania

Navarro et al. 2022

Ibirania is a genus of dwarf saltasaurine titanosaur dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous São José do Rio Preto Formation of Southeast Brazil. The type species is Ibirania parva. It is one of the smallest sauropods known to date, comparable in size to the titanosaur Magyarosaurus.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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Map of the localities in the Bauru Basin where the sauropod dinosaurs were collected. © E. G. Nascimento, C. R. A. Candeiro, L. Vidal, E. F. Oliveira, T. C. Dias & S. Brusatte · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Saurischia Unranked clade

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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade

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Massopoda Unranked clade

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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade

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Sauropoda Unranked clade

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Gravisauria Unranked clade

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Eusauropoda Unranked clade

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Neosauropoda Unranked clade

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Macronaria Unranked clade

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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade

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Somphospondyli Unranked clade

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Titanosauria Unranked clade

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Lithostrotia Unranked clade

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Saltasauroidea Superfamily

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Lohuecosauria Unranked clade

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Saltasauridae Unranked clade

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Saltasaurinae Subfamily

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Ibirania Genus

Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇧🇷 Brazil

Geological formations

São José do Rio Preto

Temporal distribution

Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)

Species (1)

Ibirania parva 86 Ma

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Bibliography

Original description

B. A. Navarro, A. M. Ghilardi, and V. Díez Díaz, K. L. N. Bandeira, A. G. S. Cattaruzzi, F. V. Iori, A. M. Martine, A. B. Carvalho, L. E. Anelli, M. A. Fernandes, H. Zaher. 2022. A new nanoid titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil. Ameghiniana 59(5):317-354 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

Ibirania

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