Itapeuasaurus
Field photograph to come
Itapeuasaurus
DV-1061
- Lived
- 101 to 94 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Rebbachisauridae
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- Lindoso et al. 2019
Field notes
About Itapeuasaurus
Itapeuasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 94 million years ago. It belongs to the family Rebbachisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Itapeuasaurus, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Alcântara Formation. It was named by Lindoso et al. in 2019.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Rebbachisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. M. Lindoso, M. A. A. Medeiros, and I. S. Carvalho, A. A. Pereira, I. D. Mendes, F. V. Iori, E. P. Sousa, S. H. S. Arcanjo, T. C. M. Silva. 2019. A new rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda: Diplodocoidea) from the middle Cretaceous of northern Brazil. Cretaceous Research 104:104191:1-15