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Itapeuasaurus Itapeuasaurus cajapioensis Lindoso et al. 2019
/ˌɪɾɐpjˌuːɐsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · 100.5–93.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Brazil
Region
Maranhão
Formation
Alcântara
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Itapeuasaurus cajapioensis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100.5–93.9 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 Lindoso et al. 2019. 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 Itapeuasaurus cajapioensis sits in deep time
Itapeuasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Itapeuasaurus cajapioensis'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.