Outline: a typical sauropod
Tiamat
Type species Tiamat valdecii
- Lived
- 113 to 94 million years ago, Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- Pereira et al. 2024
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
105 million years ago
Field notes
About Tiamat
What it was like
Tiamat was a titanosaur, a long-necked plant eater. It is known from part of one skeleton.
Its world
It lived in the Cretaceous, in what is now Brazil. It comes from the Açu Formation.
How it was found
Pereira and colleagues named Tiamat in 2024. The type species is Tiamat valdecii. The name comes from a goddess of ancient myth.
Close relatives
Other members of Titanosauria
Sources: WikidataNamed in: P.V.L.G.C. Pereira, K. L. N. Bandeira, and L. S. Vidal, T. B. Ribeiro, C. R. A. Candeiro, L. P. Bergqvist. 2024. A new sauropod species from north-western Brazil: biomechanics and the radiation of Titanosauria (Sauropoda: Somphospondyli). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society