Genus
Valid Extinct

Adamantisaurus

Santucci and Bertini 2006
Etymology Reptile d'Adamantina|classification=Titanosauria|ères=Crétacé supérieur (99.6-65 MA)|taille= ? |poids= ?|régime=Herbivore|géographie=Brésil|découverte=1958}}

Adamantisaurus is a poorly-known genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. It is only known from six tail vertebrae but, as a sauropod, it can be assumed that this dinosaur was a very large animal with a long neck and tail.

Temporal range
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PBDB occurrences
0
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Adamantisaurus
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Adamantisaurus mezzalirai (MUGEO 1282). Anterior caudal vertebrae and haemal arches in left lateral view (according to Vidal et al., 2024). © 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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Colossosauria Unranked clade
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Rinconsauria Unranked clade
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Adamantisaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
18 m ⓘ
Adamantisaurus mezzalirai
Mass
14 400 kg ⓘ
Adamantisaurus mezzalirai
Species (1)
Adamantisaurus mezzalirai
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. M. Santucci and R. J. Bertini. 2006. A new titanosaur from western São Paulo State, Upper Cretaceous Bauru Group, south-east Brazil. Palaeontology 49(1):59-66 DOI ↗