Amazonsaurus

Amazon lizard

• Amazon · Portuguese/Spanish (place name) · the Amazon region of Brazil
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines "Amazon" with the Greek word for lizard. It refers to the Amazon region of Brazil, where the fossils were found. The type species is Amazonsaurus maranhensis, and its species name refers to the state of Maranhão.

Named by

Carvalho, Avilla and Salgado

Year named

2003

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stages

Aptian – Albian

Found in

Itapecuru Formation, Maranhão, Brazil

A medium-sized sauropod, usually classified as a rebbachisaurid diplodocoid. It is known from fragmentary remains. The exact age of the Itapecuru Formation is debated, so the Aptian–Albian range is approximate.