Itapeuasaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-1061Alcântara Fm., Brazil

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

1 find

95 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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