Caieiria allocaudata Silva Junior et al. 2022 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J. C. G. Silva Junior, A. G. Martinelli, T. S. Marinho, J. I. Silva, and M. C. Langer. 2022. New specimens of Baurutitan britoi and a taxonomic reassessment of the titanosaur dinosaur fauna (Sauropoda) from the Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Brazil. PeerJ 10:e14333

Belongs to Caieiria according to J. C. G. Silva Junior et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCT 1719-R, a set of vertebrae (10 anterior to middle caudal vertebrae). Its type locality is Price Quarry 1 (Caieira quarry), which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in the Serra da Galga Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Price Quarry 1 (Caieira quarry)

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