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Macrocollum Macrocollum itaquii Müller et al. 2018
/mˈækɹəkələm/
estimated
Late Triassic (Norian) · 227.3–205.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Where It Was Found
Country
Brazil
Region
Rio Grande do Sul
Formation
Caturrita
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Macrocollum itaquii is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–205.7 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was named by Müller et al. 2018. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Macrocollum itaquii sits in deep time
Macrocollum
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Macrocollum itaquii'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.