Austroposeidon

DV-0943

Lived: 84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods
Found in: Brazil
Named by: Bandeira et al. 2016

Field notes

About Austroposeidon

Austroposeidon was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 66 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Austroposeidon, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Presidente Prudente Formation. It was named by Bandeira et al. in 2016.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

75 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Lognkosauria.

FutalognkosaurusLate Cretaceous
MendozasaurusLate Cretaceous
DrusilasauraLate Cretaceous
QuetecsaurusLate Cretaceous
TraukutitanLate Cretaceous

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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