Itapeuasaurus Itapeuasaurus
"Itapeua lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Itapeuasaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
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- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
- Place
- South America · Brazil
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Rebbachisauridae
Itapeuasaurus (meaning “Itapeua lizard”) is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Alcântara Formation (Itapecuru Group) of Maranhão in Brazil. The type and only species is Itapeuasaurus cajapioensis. It is the most complete Cenomanian-aged diplodocoid known from South America and it is also the first reported Cenomanian-aged rebbachisaurid discovered in South America.
What we know
- Named by Lindoso et al. 2019.
- Fossils found in South America and Brazil.