Tapuiasaurus macedoi 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

Belongs to Tapuiasaurus according to H. Zaher et al. 2011

See also Carvalho and Santucci 2018, de Jesus Faria et al. 2015, Díez Díaz et al. 2011, Díez Díaz et al. 2012, Gallina et al. 2021, García et al. 2015, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014, Gorscak et al. 2017, Marinho and Iori 2011, Martinelli et al. 2011, Navarro et al. 2022, Poropat et al. 2023 and Zaher et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MZSP-PV 807, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Embira-Branca hills, Coração de Jesus, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine claystone in the Quiricó Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Embira-Branca hills, Coração de Jesus

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