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Amazonsaurus Amazonsaurus maranhensis Carvalho et al. 2003
/ˌæməzənˈsɔːrəs/
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 119.6–106.3 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Brazil
Region
Maranhão
Formation
Itapecuru
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Amazonsaurus maranhensis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 119.6–106.3 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Maranhão, Brazil. It was named by Carvalho et al. 2003. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Amazonsaurus maranhensis sits in deep time
Amazonsaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Amazonsaurus maranhensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.