Tapuiasaurus Zaher et al. 2011 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: H. Zaher, D. Pol, A. B. Carvalho, P. M. Nascimento, C. Riccomini, P. Larson, R. Juarez-Valieri, R. Pires-Domingues, N. J. Silva and D. A. Campos. 2011. A complete skull of an Early Cretaceous sauropod and the evolution of advanced titanosaurians. PLoS One 6(2):e16663:1-10

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

See also Filippi et al. 2019, González Riga et al. 2016, Mannion et al. 2013, Poropat et al. 2016 and Zaher et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Diamantinasauria, Isisaurus, Rapetosaurus, Saltasauridae, Udelartitan

Subtaxa: Tapuiasaurus macedoi

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Embira-Branca hills, Coração de Jesus (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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