AfricaAnchisauriaDinosauriaEusaurischiaEusauropodaEutitanosauriaGravisauriaLate CretaceousLithostrotiaMacronariaMassopodaNeosauropodaPlateosauriaSaltasauridaeSaltasaurinaeSaurischiaSauropodaSauropodiformesSauropodomorphaSomphospondyliTitanosauriaTitanosauriformes

Rapetosaurus krausei

Dinosaur: Rapetosaurus krausei

Cretaceous: 72.1–66 Ma
Type: Sauropod

Length*:16.5 m54.1 ft
Weight*:10.3 tons22,708 lb
Speed:22 km/h14 mph
ESR: 4 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Africa

Area: Africa


Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Curry Rogers & Forster
Year: 2001

Distribution

Area: Africa
Country: Madagascar
Region: Mahajanga
Formation: Maevarano

Classification

Dinosauria
Saurischia
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Plateosauria
Massopoda
Sauropodiformes
Anchisauria
Sauropoda
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Neosauropoda
Macronaria
Titanosauriformes
Somphospondyli
Titanosauria
Eutitanosauria
Lithostrotia
Saltasauridae
Saltasaurinae


Sources

Material: Many individuals (bonebeds).
References: Curry Rogers, K., & Kulik, Z. (2018). Osteohistology of Rapetosaurus krausei (Sauropoda: Titanosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar.

Locations

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