Amazonsaurus Carvalho et al. 2003 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae

Full reference: I. d. S. Carvalho, L. d. S. Avilla, and L. Salgado. 2003. Amazonsaurus maranhensis gen. et sp. nov. (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of Brazil. Cretaceous Research 24:697-713

Parent taxon: Rebbachisauridae according to L. N. Lerzo et al. 2024

See also Bittencourt and Langer 2011, Carballido et al. 2010, Carballido et al. 2012, Carvalho et al. 2003, Ibiricu et al. 2012, Ibiricu et al. 2015, Mannion 2009, Mannion et al. 2011, Mannion et al. 2012, Mannion et al. 2019, Salgado et al. 2006, Whitlock 2011 and Wilson and Allain 2015

Sister taxa: Agustinia, Campananeyen, Cienciargentina, Comahuesaurus, Histriasaurus, Itapeuasaurus, Khebbashia, Lavocatisaurus, Maraapunisaurus, Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis, Sidersaura, Xenoposeidon, Zapalasaurus

Subtaxa: Amazonsaurus maranhensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Mata locality, Itapecuru-Mirim (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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