Adamantisaurus

Adamantina lizard

• Adamantina · Latinised place name (Portuguese/Greek o · Adamantina, the town and formation in Brazil (from 'adamantine', hard or unbreakable)
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines Adamantina, the Brazilian town and geologic formation where the fossils were found, with the Greek word for lizard. The formation itself takes its name from the town, whose name comes from the word for "adamantine" (hard, unbreakable). The only named species, A. mezzalirai, honours the Brazilian paleontologist Sergio Mezzalira.

Named by

Santucci and Bertini

Year named

2006

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Adamantina Formation, São Paulo State, Brazil

A titanosaurian sauropod known from fragmentary remains (mainly tail vertebrae), so its exact relationships and the precise age of the formation are uncertain. Type species: Adamantisaurus mezzalirai.