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
Belongs to Amazonsaurus according to P.V.L.G.C. Pereira et al. 2020
See also Bittencourt and Langer 2011, Candeiro et al. 2011, Carballido et al. 2010, Carvalho et al. 2003, Carvalho and Santucci 2018, Castro et al. 2007, de Jesus Faria et al. 2015, Dos Santos et al. 2005, Gallina and Apesteguía 2005, Grellet-Tinner et al. 2012, Ibiricu et al. 2012, Ibiricu et al. 2015, Mannion 2009 and Mannion et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MN 4555-V, 4556, 4558, 4559, 4560, 4562, 4564; UFRJ-DG 58-R/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Mata locality, Itapecuru-Mirim, which is in an Aptian/Albian fluvial-deltaic sandstone/mudstone in the Itapecuru Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Mata locality, Itapecuru-Mirim
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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