Genus

Valid Extinct

Austroposeidon

Bandeira et al. 2016

Austroposeidon is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Presidente Prudente Formation of Brazil. It contains one species, Austroposeidon magnificus.

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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Cervical vertebra (Cv 12) of Austroposeidon magnificus gen. et nov. sp. (A) Left lateral and (B) anterior views. Abbreviations: acdl, anterior centrodiapophyseal lamina; acpl, anterior centroparapophyseal lamina; cprl, centroprezygapophyseal lamina; d, diapophysis; prz, prezygapophysis; prdl, prezygodiapophyseal lamina; prsl, prespinal lamina; s, neural spine; sprl, spinoprezygapophyseal lamina. Scale bar: 100mm. © Kamila L. N. Bandeira, Felipe Medeiros Simbras, Elaine Batista Machado, Diogenes de Almeida Campos, Gustavo R. Oliveira, Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner · CC BY 2.5 · 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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Lognkosauria Unranked clade

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Austroposeidon Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇧🇷 Brazil

Geological formations

Presidente Prudente

Temporal distribution

Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)

Species (1)

Austroposeidon magnificus 84 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

K. L. N. Bandeira, F. Medeiros Simbras, and E. Batista Machado, D. de Almeida Campos, G. R. Oliveira, A. W. A. Kellner. 2016. A new giant Titanosauria (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous Bauru Group, Brazil. PLoS ONE 11(10):e0163373:1-25 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)