Maxakalisaurus
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Maxakalisaurus 12 m (40 ft) long
as long as 7 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 12 m (40 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (72–68 Mya)
- Place
- Brazil
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Maxakalisaurus is a genus of titanosaur dinosaur, found in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil, in the state of Minas Gerais in 1998. The genus name is derived from the tribe of the Maxakali; Topa is one of their divinities.
What we know
- Named by Kellner et al., 2006.
- Body length estimated at about 12.1 m.
- Fossils found in Brazil.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Maxakalisaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.