Ibirania

of Ibirá (place in Brazil)

• Ibirá · Place name (Brazil) · the municipality of Ibirá, São Paulo
• -ania · Latin · belonging to / of the place

Ibirania is named after the municipality of Ibirá in São Paulo state, Brazil, near where the fossils were found. The Latinised ending -ania means "of the place". It is a small titanosaur sauropod, and the type species is Ibirania parva, with "parva" meaning "small" in Latin.

Named by

Navarro et al.

Year named

2022

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Adamantina Formation (Bauru Group), near Ibirá, São Paulo, Brazil

A titanosaur sauropod. It is notable for its small size compared with most titanosaurs. The exact stage of the fossils is not stated here because I am not certain of it.