Rapetosaurus Curry Rogers and Forster 2001 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: K. A. Curry Rogers and C. A. Forster. 2001. The last of the dinosaur titans: a new sauropod from Madagascar. Nature 412:530-534

Parent taxon: Saltasauroidea according to B. A. Navarro et al. 2022

See also Calvo et al. 2007, Calvo et al. 2007, Coria et al. 2013, Curry Rogers 2005, Curry Rogers and Forster 2004, Filippi et al. 2011, González Riga et al. 2016, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014, González Riga et al. 2009, Grellet-Tinner et al. 2011, Ksepka and Norell 2010, Malkani 2010, Malkani 2010, Mannion et al. 2013, Suteethorn et al. 2010, Upchurch et al. 2004, Wilson 2002, Wilson 2005, Xing et al. 2015, You et al. 2004 and Zaher et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Diamantinasauria, Isisaurus, Saltasauridae, Tapuiasaurus

Subtaxa: Rapetosaurus krausei

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Madagascar (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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