Adamantisaurus aduh-mantih-SƆːRUHS
"lizard"
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (75 Mya)
- Place
- South America
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Adamantisaurus ( ) is a poorly-known genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. It is only known from six tail vertebrae but, as a sauropod, it can be assumed that this dinosaur was a very large animal with a long neck and tail. thumb|Sculpture of Adamantisaurus
Like many titanosaurians, Adamantisaurus is incompletely known, making its exact relationships difficult to establish. However, similarities have been noted with Aeolosaurus and the Bauru Group titanosaurian formerly known as the “Peiropolis titanosaur”, now called Trigonosaurus.
What we know
- Named by Santucci & Bertini, 2006.
- Fossils found in South America.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Adamantisaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.