Austroposeidon Bandeira et al. 2016 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: K. L. N. Bandeira, F. Medeiros Simbras, E. Batista Machado, D. Almeida Campos, G. R. Oliveira and A. W. A. Kellner. 2016. A new giant Titanosauria (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous Bauru Group, Brazil. PLoS ONE 11(10):e0163373:1-25

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

See also Bandeira et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Drusilasaura, Futalognkosaurus, Mendozasaurus, Quetecsaurus, Traukutitan

Subtaxa: Austroposeidon magnificus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Raposo Tavares road (BR-374), close to the Assis Chateaubriand Road (SP-425) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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