Austroposeidon magnificus 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

Belongs to Austroposeidon according to K. L. N. Bandeira et al. 2016

See also Navarro et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCT 1628-R, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Raposo Tavares road (BR-374), close to the Assis Chateaubriand Road (SP-425), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian crevasse splay sandstone in the Presidente Prudente Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

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

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