Triunfosaurus
Field photograph to come
Triunfosaurus
DV-1001 · type species Triunfosaurus leonardii
- Lived
- 143 to 126 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- Carvalho et al. 2017
Field notes
About Triunfosaurus
Triunfosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 143 to 126 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Triunfosaurus, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Rio Piranhas Formation. It was named by Carvalho et al. in 2017.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
135 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Somphospondyli.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: I. S. Carvalho, L. Salgado, and R. M. Lindoso, H. I. de Araújo-Júnior, F. C. Costa Nogueira, J. A. Soares. 2017. A new basal titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 75:74-84