Reptilia - Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae
Full reference: P. C. Sereno, A. L. Beck, D. B. Dutheil, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, B. Moussa, R. W. Sadleir, C. A. Sidor, D. J. Varricchio, G. P. Wilson, and J. A. Wilson. 1999. Cretaceous sauropods from the Sahara and the uneven rate of skeletal evolution among dinosaurs. Science 286:1342-1347
Belongs to Nigersaurus according to L. M. Ibiricu et al. 2012
See also Allain and Aquesbi 2008, Apesteguía 2007, Bertozzo et al. 2013, Díez Díaz et al. 2012, Gallina et al. 2002, Gallina and Apesteguía 2005, Haluza et al. 2012, Hassler et al. 2018, Ibiricu et al. 2015, Ibrahim et al. 2017, Knoll et al. 2012, Mannion 2009, Mocho et al. 2014, Naish and Martill 2007, Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo 2021, Poropat et al. 2023, Sakagami and Kawabe 2020, Salgado and Coria 2005, Sereno et al. 1999, Sereno and Wilson 2005, Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. 2003, Tschopp and Mateus 2013, Upchurch et al. 2004 and Wilson 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNN GAD512. Its type locality is Nigersaurus type, Gadoufaoua, "niveau des innocents", which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial horizon in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Niger (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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