Dasosaurus
Field photograph to come
Dasosaurus
DV-1300 · type species Dasosaurus tocantinensis
- Lived
- 120 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- Mayer et al. 2026
Field notes
About Dasosaurus
Dasosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 120 to 113 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Dasosaurus, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Itapecuru Formation. It was named by Mayer et al. in 2026.
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 Somphospondyli.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: E. L. Mayer, J. C. G. Silva Junior, and L. R. Kerber, B. A. Navarro, K. L. N. Bandeira, J. C. Cisneros, E. P. Sousa, A. A. Pereira, M. A. Medeiros, R. M. Lindoso, F. P. Cavalcanti Neto, A. M. Ghilardi, T. Aureliano, P. L. Godoy, G. S. Ferreira, M. C. Langer. 2026. A new titanosauriform with European affinities in the Early Cretaceous of Brazil: insights on Somphospondyli phylogeny, histology and biogeography. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 24(1):2601579