Dinosauria›Saurischia›Sauropodomorpha›Saltasauridae
Silhouette of Ibirania parva

Ibirania Ibirania parva Navarro et al. 2022

/ˌaɪbɚɹˈeɪniə/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 85.7–72.2 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding

Where It Was Found

Country
Brazil
Region
São Paulo
Formation
São José do Rio Preto
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Brazil. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Ibirania parva is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 85.7–72.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from São Paulo, Brazil. It was named by Navarro et al. 2022. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Ibirania parva sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Ibirania
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Ibirania parva'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.

predator–prey
Thanos
Thanos simonattoi
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coexisted–with
Centrosaurus
Centrosaurus apertus
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coexisted–with
Stegoceras
Stegoceras validum
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coexisted–with
Ichthyornis
Ichthyornis dispar
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coexisted–with
Hesperornis
Hesperornis regalis
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coexisted–with
Protoceratops
Protoceratops andrewsi
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same–clade
Mesetasaurus
Mesetasaurus protector
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same–clade
Abdarainurus
Abdarainurus barsboldi
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