Itapeuasaurus cajapioensis Lindoso et al. 2019 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae

Full reference: R. M. Lindoso, M. A. A. Medeiros, I. S. Carvalho, A. A. Pereira, I. D. Mendes, F. V. Iori, E. P. Sousa, S. H. S. Arcanjo, and T. C. M. Silva. 2019. A new rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda: Diplodocoidea) from the middle Cretaceous of northern Brazil. Cretaceous Research 104:104191:1-15

Belongs to Itapeuasaurus according to P.V.L.G.C. Pereira et al. 2020

See also Lindoso et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UFMA. 1.10.1960, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Itapeua beach, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial siltstone in the Alcântara Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Itapeua beach

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