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
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Titanosauria Unranked clade
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Lithostrotia Unranked clade
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Saltasauroidea Superfamily
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Rapetosaurus Genus
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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 ↗