Adamantisaurus

genus of titanosaurian sauropods

Adamantisaurus (/ˌædəmæntɪˈsɔːrəs/ AD-ə-man-ti-SAWR-əs) is a poorly-known genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. It is only known from six tail vertebrae, but, as a sauropod, it can be assumed that this dinosaur was a very large animal with a long neck and tail.[1]

Adamantisaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 75 Ma
Life reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Titanosauria
Clade: Lithostrotia
Genus: Adamantisaurus
Santucci & Bertini, 2006
Species:
A. mezzalirai
Binomial name
Adamantisaurus mezzalirai
Santucci & Bertini, 2006
Sculpture of Adamantisaurus

References change

  1. Santucci, R. M.; Bertini, R. J. (2006). "A new titanosaur from western São Paulo State, Upper Cretaceous Bauru Group, south-east Brazil". Palaeontology. 49 (1): 59–66. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00527.x. hdl:11449/33993. S2CID 53960777.