Rapetosaurus

Rapetosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), 70–66 Ma
Juvenile skeleton, Field Museum of Natural History
Rapetosaurus restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Clade: Lithostrotia
Genus: Rapetosaurus
Curry Rogers & Forster, 2001
Species:
R. krausei
Binomial name
Rapetosaurus krausei
Curry Rogers & Forster, 2001

Rapetosaurus (/rəˌptˈsɔːrəs/ rə-PAY-too-SOR-əs[1]) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived in Madagascar from 70 to 66 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Only one species, Rapetosaurus krausei, has been identified.

Like other sauropods, Rapetosaurus was a quadrupedal herbivore; it is calculated to have reached lengths of 15 metres (49 ft).

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