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long-neck giant
Maxakalisaurus
Say it like this: “max-aka-li-sore-us”
Maxakalisaurus topai
Maxakalisaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Brazil.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2006 · Kellner, A. W. A.; Campos, D. de A.; de Azevedo, S. A. K.; Trotta, M. N. F.; Henriques, D. D. R.; Craik, M. M. T.; de Paula Silva, H.
- Hip height
- 2.8 m · 9 ft
- Length
- 12.1 m · 40 ft
- Weight
- 5 tonnes
- Found in
- Brazil · Adamantina
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Aeolosaurini
The story in short
The genus Maxakalisaurus dates to 2006, the year A. W. A. Kellner and colleagues described it. The name means “maxakali lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Brazil, including the Adamantina Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Maxakalisaurus at a length near 12.1 m, hips about 2.8 m high, and a body mass around 5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Aeolosaurini, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Adamantisaurus
Adamantisaurus mezzalirai
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Aeolosaurus
Aeolosaurus rionegrinus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Arrudatitan
Arrudatitan maximus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago