Triunfosaurus
Name:
Triunfosaurus
(Triunfo Basin lizard).
Phonetic: Tre-un-foe-sor-us
Named By: I. S. Carvalho, L. Salgado, R.
M.
Lindoso, H. I. Ara�jo-J�nior, F. C. Costa Nogueira
&
J. A. Soares - 2017.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Titanosauria?
Species: T. leonardii
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Brazil - Rio Piranhas Formation.
Time period: Early Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains
including the ischium and a caudal (tail) vertebrae.
Triunfosaurus
is a genus of sauropod
dinosaur that lived in South America during the
early Cretaceous. Described only from an ischium and tail vertebra,
Triunfosaurus was originally described as a
titanosaur.
Further reading
- A new basal titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Lower
Cretaceous of Brazil. - Journal of South American Earth Sciences
75:74-84. - I. S. Carvalho, L. Salgado, R. M.
Lindoso, H. I. Ara�jo-J�nior, F. C. Costa Nogueira
&
J. A. Soares - 2017.
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