Dinosauria › Saurischia
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Tapuiasaurus
Tapuiasaurus macedoi Zaher et al. 2011
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · 121.4–113.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Tapuiasaurus macedoi is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–113.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Zaher et al. 2011. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Tapuiasaurus sits in deep time
Tapuiasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Tapuiasaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.