Outline: a typical sauropod
Maxakalisaurus
- Lived
- 84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 13 m (43 ft)
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- Kellner et al. 2006
Size comparison
To scale
Scale in metersOutline: typical sauropod shape
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
75 million years ago
Field notes
About Maxakalisaurus
What it was like
Maxakalisaurus was a titanosaur, a long-necked, four-legged plant eater about 13 meters (43 feet) long. Its teeth had sharp ridges, and bony plates found with it suggest it had armor in its skin.
Its world
It lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now southeastern Brazil. Its bones come from the Adamantina Formation, where it shared the land with other titanosaurs such as Gondwanatitan and Brasilotitan.
How it was found
Kellner and colleagues named Maxakalisaurus in 2006. Its name honors a native people of the region. A skeleton of it was lost in the fire at Brazil's national museum.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Rinconsauria
Sources: WikidataNamed in: A. W. A. Kellner, D. d. A. Campos, and S. A. K. d. Azevedo, M. N. F. Trotta, D. D. R. Henriques, M. M. T. Craik, H. d. P. Silva. 2006. On a new titanosaur sauropod from the Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Boletim do Museu Nacional, Nova Série, Geologia 74:1-31