Austroposeidon

Oss-tro-po-sy-don.
By Harper Gray
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Gray, H. (2013, March 18). Austroposeidon. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/austroposeidon/

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Name

Austroposeidon ‭(‬Southern Poseidon‭)‬.

Phonetic

Oss-tro-po-sy-don.

Named By

K.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬N.‭ ‬Bandeira,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Medeiros Simbras,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Batista Machado,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Almeida Campos,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Oliveira‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Kellner‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Macronaria,‭ ‬Titanosauria.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

A.‭ ‬magnificus‭

Size

Uncertain but holotype roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬25‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

Brazil‭ ‬-‭ ‬Presidente Prudente Formation.

Time Period

Campanian/Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Few vertebrae.

In Depth

       Unfortunately at the time of the genus description the only fossils of Austroposeidon that we have are some vertebrae.‭ ‬However,‭ ‬comparison to other similar dinosaurs has led to realistic size estimates for this dinosaur of about twenty-five metres in length.‭ ‬Although not the biggest dinosaur,‭ ‬this does make Austroposeidon at the time of‭ ‬its‭ ‬2016‭ ‬description,‭ ‬the biggest dinosaur ever known to live in what is now Brazil.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A New Giant Titanosauria‭ (‬Dinosauria:‭ ‬Sauropoda‭) ‬from the Late Cretaceous Bauru Group,‭ ‬Brazil.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PLoS ONE‭ ‬11‭(‬10‭)‬:e0163373:1-25.‭ ‬-‭ ‬K.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬N.‭ ‬Bandeira,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Medeiros Simbras,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Batista Machado,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Almeida Campos,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Oliveira‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Kellner‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.

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