Species
Valid Extinct

Rapetosaurus krausei

Curry Rogers and Forster 2001

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Saurischia Unranked clade
Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
Massopoda Unranked clade
Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
Sauropoda Unranked clade
Gravisauria Unranked clade
Eusauropoda Unranked clade
Neosauropoda Unranked clade
Macronaria Unranked clade
Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
Somphospondyli Unranked clade
Titanosauria Unranked clade
Lithostrotia Unranked clade
Saltasauroidea Superfamily
Rapetosaurus Genus
Rapetosaurus krausei Species
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇬 Madagascar
5
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
4
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
K. A. Curry Rogers and C. A. Forster. 2001. The last of the dinosaur titans: a new sauropod from Madagascar. Nature 412:530-534
Bibliography (5)
W. G. Joyce, Y. Rollot, and S. W. Evers, T. R. Lyson, L. J. Rahantarisoa, D. W. Krause. 2021. A new pelomedusoid turtle, Sahonachelys mailakavava, from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of specialized suction feeding among pleurodires. Royal Society Open Science 8(5):210098:1-32 DOI ↗
R. R. Rogers, D. W. Krause, and S. C. Kast, M. S. Marshall, L. Rahantarisoa, C. R. Robins, J. J. W. Sertich. 2013. A new, richly fossiliferous member comprised of tidal deposits in the Upper Cretaceous Maevarano Formation, northwestern Madagascar. Cretaceous Research 44:12-29 DOI ↗
K. A. Curry Rogers and C. A. Forster. 2004. The skull of Rapteosaurus krausei (Sauropoda: Titanosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(1):121-144
K. A. Curry Rogers and C. A. Forster. 2001. The last of the dinosaur titans: a new sauropod from Madagascar. Nature 412:530-534
K. C. Rogers and C. A. Forster. 2001. The last of the dinosaur titans: A new sauropod from Madagascar. Nature 412(6846):530-4 DOI ↗