#austroposeidon

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Austroposeidon

Austroposeidon — рід титанозаврів-зауроподів з пізньокрейдової формації Presidente Prudente у Бразилії. Він містить один вид, Austroposeidon magnificus (що означає «вражаючий південний Посейдон»).

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Name: Austroposeidon magnificus

Name Meaning: Southern Earthquake God

First Described: 2016

Described By: Bandeira et al.

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

Austroposeidon is a recently described genus of titanosaur, because paleontologists are incapable of not torturing me. It was found in the Presidente Prudente Formation, a part of the Bauru Group, in Brazil. The time in which it lived is fairly uncertain - it could have been anywhere between 83.6 and 66 million years ago, from the Campanian to Maastrichtian ages of the Late Cretaceous. It is known from multiple vertebrae, and part of a rib. From this, the describers managed to estimate that it was about 25 meters long, one of the largest dinosaurs known from Brazil. The bones also showed rings indicating the growth of the animal, and the vertebrae had unique adaptations not seen in other titanosaurs (though what those adaptations could have been used for has not been looked into). 

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austroposeidon