Tapuiasaurus
Tapuiasaurus (meaning "Tapuia lizard") is a genus of titanosaur which lived during the Lower Cretaceous period (Aptian age) in what is now Minas Gerais, Brazil.
| Tapuiasaurus Temporal range: Aptian ~ | |
|---|---|
| Reconstructed skeleton, Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Genus: | †Tapuiasaurus Zaher et al. 2011 |
| Species: | †T. macedoi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tapuiasaurus macedoi Zaher et al. 2011 | |
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