Amazonsaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0506Itapecuru Fm., Brazil

Amazonsaurus

DV-0506

Lived
120 to 106 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods, Rebbachisauridae
Found in
Brazil
Named by
Carvalho et al. 2003

Field notes

About Amazonsaurus

Amazonsaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 120 to 106 million years ago. It belongs to the family Rebbachisauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Amazonsaurus, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Itapecuru Formation. It was named by Carvalho et al. in 2003.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

115 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Rebbachisauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: I. d. S. Carvalho, L. d. S. Avilla, and L. Salgado. 2003. Amazonsaurus maranhensis gen. et sp. nov. (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of Brazil. Cretaceous Research 24:697-713