Genus
Valid Extinct

Tiamat

Pereira et al. 2024

Tiamat is an extinct genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the 'mid'-Cretaceous Açu Formation of Brazil. The genus contains a single species, T. valdecii, known from several caudal vertebrae.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Tiamat
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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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Tiamat Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
Geological formations
Açu
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Tiamat valdecii 113 Ma
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
P.V.L.G.C. Pereira, K. L. N. Bandeira, and L. S. Vidal, T. B. Ribeiro, C. R. A. Candeiro, L. P. Bergqvist. 2024. A new sauropod species from north-western Brazil: biomechanics and the radiation of Titanosauria (Sauropoda: Somphospondyli). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
P.V.L.G.C. Pereira, K. L. N. Bandeira, and L. S. Vidal, T. B. Ribeiro, C. R. A. Candeiro, L. P. Bergqvist. 2024. A new sauropod species from north-western Brazil: biomechanics and the radiation of Titanosauria (Sauropoda: Somphospondyli). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society DOI ↗