Ibirania
Field photograph to come
Ibirania
DV-1176 · type species Ibirania parva
- Lived
- 86 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Saltasauridae
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- Navarro et al. 2022
Field notes
About Ibirania
Ibirania was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Saltasauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Ibirania, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the São José do Rio Preto Formation. It was named by Navarro et al. in 2022.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Saltasauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: B. A. Navarro, A. M. Ghilardi, and V. Díez Díaz, K. L. N. Bandeira, A. G. S. Cattaruzzi, F. V. Iori, A. M. Martine, A. B. Carvalho, L. E. Anelli, M. A. Fernandes, H. Zaher. 2022. A new nanoid titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil. Ameghiniana 59(5):317-354