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Amazonsaurus
Taxonomy
Amazonsaurus was named by Carvalho et al. (2003).
It was assigned to Diplodocoidea by Bittencourt and Langer (2011); to Diplodocoidea by Carvalho et al. (2003), Whitlock (2011), Ibiricu et al. (2012); to Rebbachisauridae by Salgado et al. (2006), Mannion (2009), Carballido et al. (2010), Mannion et al. (2011), Carballido et al. (2012), Mannion et al. (2012), Ibiricu et al. (2015), Wilson and Allain (2015); and to Rebbachisauridae by Mannion et al. (2019), Lerzo et al. (2024), Mannion and Moore (2025).
It was assigned to Diplodocoidea by Bittencourt and Langer (2011); to Diplodocoidea by Carvalho et al. (2003), Whitlock (2011), Ibiricu et al. (2012); to Rebbachisauridae by Salgado et al. (2006), Mannion (2009), Carballido et al. (2010), Mannion et al. (2011), Carballido et al. (2012), Mannion et al. (2012), Ibiricu et al. (2015), Wilson and Allain (2015); and to Rebbachisauridae by Mannion et al. (2019), Lerzo et al. (2024), Mannion and Moore (2025).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Amazonsaurus Carvalho et al. p. 699 figs. 5-18 |
| 2006 | Amazonsaurus Salgado et al. p. 704 fig. 9 |
| 2009 | Amazonsaurus Mannion p. 522 |
| 2010 | Amazonsaurus Carballido et al. p. 500 |
| 2011 | Amazonsaurus Bittencourt and Langer p. 31 |
| 2011 | Amazonsaurus Mannion et al. p. 778 |
| 2011 | Amazonsaurus Whitlock |
| 2012 | Amazonsaurus Carballido et al. |
| 2012 | Amazonsaurus Ibiricu et al. p. 227 |
| 2012 | Amazonsaurus Mannion et al. |
| 2015 | Amazonsaurus Ibiricu et al. p. 439 |
| 2015 | Amazonsaurus Wilson and Allain p. 25 fig. 16 |
| 2019 | Amazonsaurus Mannion et al. |
| 2024 | Amazonsaurus Lerzo et al. |
| 2025 | Amazonsaurus Mannion and Moore |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Amazonsaurus Carvalho et al. 2003
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†Amazonsaurus maranhensis Carvalho et al. 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: infrao = infraorder | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Middle Albian or 119.57000 to 106.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian - Middle Albian | Brazil (Maranhão) | Dicraeosauridae indet. (67219) |