Tapinosaurus
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Tapinosaurus
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- Lived
- 152 to 149 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- France
- Named by
- Rabeck 1925
Field notes
About Tapinosaurus
Tapinosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 152 to 149 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Tapinosaurus, from France. Its fossils come from the Argiles d'Octeville Formation. It was named by Rabeck in 1925.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
150 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Sauropoda.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Steel. 1970. Part 14. Saurischia. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie/Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart