Austroposeidon Austroposeidon
"Magnificent Southern Poseidon"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Austroposeidon 25 m (82 ft) long
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- Length
- 25 m (82 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (72 Mya)
- Place
- Brazil
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Austroposeidon is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Presidente Prudente Formation of Brazil. It contains one species, Austroposeidon magnificus (meaning “Magnificent Southern Poseidon”).
What we know
- Named by Bandeira et al., 2016.
- Body length estimated at about 25 m.
- Fossils found in Brazil.