Caieiria

Field photograph to come

DV-1170Serra da Galga Fm., Brazil

Caieiria

DV-1170 · type species Caieiria allocaudata

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods
Found in
Brazil
Named by
Silva Junior et al. 2022

Field notes

About Caieiria

Caieiria was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Caieiria, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Serra da Galga Formation. It was named by Silva Junior et al. in 2022.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Aeolosaurini.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. C. G. Silva Junior, A. G. Martinelli, and T. S. Marinho, J. I. Silva, M. C. Langer. 2022. New specimens of Baurutitan britoi and a taxonomic reassessment of the titanosaur dinosaur fauna (Sauropoda) from the Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Brazil. PeerJ 10:e14333