Tiamat valdecii Pereira et al. 2024 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: P.V.L.G.C. Pereira, K. L. N. Bandeira, L. S. Vidal, T. B. Ribeiro, C. R. A. Candeiro and L. P. Bergqvist. 2024. A new sauropod species from north-western Brazil: biomechanics and the radiation of Titanosauria (Sauropoda: Somphospondyli). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Belongs to Tiamat according to P.V.L.G.C. Pereira et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UFRJ-DG 636-R, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Limoeiro do Norte, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Açu Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Limoeiro do Norte

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