Macrocollum
Field photograph to come
Macrocollum
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- Lived
- 227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
- Group
- Early sauropodomorphs, Unaysauridae
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- Müller et al. 2018
Field notes
About Macrocollum
Macrocollum was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago. It belongs to the family Unaysauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Macrocollum, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Caturrita Formation. It was named by Müller et al. in 2018.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
220 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Unaysauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. T. Müller, M. C. Langer, and S. Dias-da-Silva. 2018. An exceptionally preserved association of complete dinosaur skeletons reveals the oldest long-necked sauropodomorphs. Biology Letters 14:20180633:1-5