Dinosauria›Saurischia
Rapetosaurus Rapetosaurus krausei Curry Rogers and Forster 2001
/rəˌpeɪtuːˈsɔːrəs/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Madagascar
Region
Mahajanga
Formation
Maevarano
Dig sites
5
distinct collections
Overview
Rapetosaurus krausei is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Mahajanga, Madagascar. It was named by Curry Rogers and Forster 2001. The species is represented by 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~18%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Rapetosaurus krausei sits in deep time
Rapetosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Rapetosaurus krausei'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.