Padillasaurus Carballido et al. 2015 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J. L. Carballido, D. Pol, M. L. Parra Ruge, S. Padilla Bernal, M. E. Páramo-Fonseca and F. Etayo-Serna. 2015. A new Early Cretaceous brachiosaurid (Dinosauria, Neosauropoda) from northwestern Gondwana (Villa de Leiva, Colombia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(5):e980505:1-12

Parent taxon: Somphospondyli according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2019

See also Carballido et al. 2015, Mannion et al. 2017 and Salisbury et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Angolatitan, Arkharavia, Arkharavia heterocoelica, Astrophocaudia, Australodocus, Austrosaurus, Brontomerus, Chubutisaurus, Dongbeititan, Euhelopodidae, Europatitan, Gannansaurus, Garumbatitan, Huanghetitan, Huanghetitan ruyangensis, Jiangshanosaurus, Jiangxititan, Ligabuesaurus, Liubangosaurus, Sauroposeidon, Sibirotitan, Sonidosaurus, Tastavinsaurus, Triunfosaurus, Wintonotitan, Yunmenglong

Subtaxa: Padillasaurus leivaensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at La Tordolla, Villa de Leiva (Cretaceous of Colombia)

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