Triunfosaurus leonardii Carvalho et al. 2017 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: I. S. Carvalho, L. Salgado, R. M. Lindoso, H. I. Araújo-Júnior, F. C. Costa Nogueira and 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

Belongs to Triunfosaurus according to I. S. Carvalho et al. 2017

See also Gallina et al. 2021 and Leonardi and Carvalho 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UFRJ-DG 498, a partial skeleton (3 caudals, chevrons & an ischium). Its type locality is Areias Farm, which is in a Berriasian/Hauterivian channel sandstone in the Rio Piranhas Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Areias Farm

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