Anchisauria Dinosauria Early Cretaceous Eusaurischia Eusauropoda Eutitanosauria Gravisauria Lithostrotia Macronaria Massopoda Neosauropoda Plateosauria Saurischia Sauropoda Sauropodiformes Sauropodomorpha Somphospondyli South America Titanosauria Titanosauriformes

Tapuiasaurus macedoi

Dinosaur: Tapuiasaurus macedoi

Cretaceous: 121.4–113 Ma

Type: Sauropod

*Length:**	10.8 m	35.4 ft
*Weight:**	2.8 tons	6,173 lb

ESR: 3 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Area: South America

Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Aptian
Years: 121.4–113 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Zaher et al.
Year: 2011

Distribution

Area: South America
Country: Brazil
Region: Minas Gerais
Formation: Quiricó

Classification

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

Sources

Material: Partial skeleton (vertebrae, ribs, limb bones and other fragments) with skull.
References: Zaher et al. (2011). "A Complete Skull of an Early Cretaceous Sauropod and the Evolution of Advanced Titanosaurians".

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