Tiamat

DV-1257 · type species Tiamat valdecii

Lived: 113 to 94 million years ago, Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods
Found in: Brazil
Named by: Pereira et al. 2024

Field notes

About Tiamat

Tiamat was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, 113 to 94 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Tiamat, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Açu Formation. It was named by Pereira et al. in 2024.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

105 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Titanosauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P.V.L.G.C. Pereira, K. L. N. Bandeira, and L. S. Vidal, T. B. Ribeiro, C. R. A. Candeiro, L. P. Bergqvist. 2024. A new sauropod species from north-western Brazil: biomechanics and the radiation of Titanosauria (Sauropoda: Somphospondyli). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society