Maxakalisaurus

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Lived: 84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Length: about 13 m (43 ft)
Group: Sauropods
Found in: Brazil
Named by: Kellner et al. 2006

Field notes

About Maxakalisaurus

Maxakalisaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 66 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Maxakalisaurus, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Adamantina Formation. It was named by Kellner et al. in 2006.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

75 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Maxakalisaurus?

Maxakalisaurus: about 13 m (43 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Rinconsauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. W. A. Kellner, D. d. A. Campos, and S. A. K. d. Azevedo, M. N. F. Trotta, D. D. R. Henriques, M. M. T. Craik, H. d. P. Silva. 2006. On a new titanosaur sauropod from the Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Boletim do Museu Nacional, Nova Série, Geologia 74:1-31