Tietasaura derbyiana Bandeira et al. 2024 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: K. L. N. Bandeira, B. A. Navarro, R. V. Pè‚gas, N. S. Brilhante, A. S. Brum, L. G. Souza, R. C. Silva and V. Gallo. 2024. A reassessment of the historical fossil findings from Bahia State (Northeast Brazil) reveals a diversified dinosaur fauna in the Lower Cretaceous of South America. Historical Biology 1-42

Belongs to Tietasaura according to K. L. N. Bandeira et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHM-PV R.3424, a limb element. Its type locality is beach near Plataforma Station (Locality 3), which is in a Valanginian/Hauterivian terrestrial horizon in the Marfim Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at beach near Plataforma Station (Locality 3)

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