Amazonsaurus
Field photograph to come
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
115 million years ago
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