Genus
Valid Extinct

Tapuiasaurus

Zaher et al. 2011

Tapuiasaurus is a genus of titanosaur which lived during the Lower Cretaceous period in what is now Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Tapuiasaurus
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Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo, Brazil © Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Tapuiasaurus
Tapuiasaurus
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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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Tapuiasaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
10,8 m ⓘ
Tapuiasaurus macedoi
Mass
2 800 kg ⓘ
Tapuiasaurus macedoi
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
Geological formations
Quiricó
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Tapuiasaurus macedoi 121 Ma
Images 4
Bibliography
Original description
H. Zaher, D. Pol, and A. B. Carvalho, P. M. Nascimento, C. Riccomini, P. Larson, R. Juarez-Valieri, R. Pires-Domingues, N. J. da Silva, D. d. A. Campos. 2011. A complete skull of an Early Cretaceous sauropod and the evolution of advanced titanosaurians. PLoS One 6(2):e16663:1-10 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
H. Zaher, D. Pol, and A. B. Carvalho, P. M. Nascimento, C. Riccomini, P. Larson, R. Juarez-Valieri, R. Pires-Domingues, N. J. da Silva, D. d. A. Campos. 2011. A complete skull of an Early Cretaceous sauropod and the evolution of advanced titanosaurians. PLoS One 6(2):e16663:1-10 DOI ↗