Macrocollum

long neck

• macro · Greek · long
• collum · Latin · neck

The name combines the Greek "makros" (long) with the Latin "collum" (neck). It refers to the animal's notably elongated neck, which had more vertebrae than those of other early sauropodomorphs. It is a small, early long-necked relative of the later giant sauropods.

Named by

Müller et al.

Year named

2018

Period

Late Triassic

Stage

Norian

Found in

Caturrita Formation, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Early sauropodomorph (a massopodan, not a true sauropod). The type species is Macrocollum itaquii. The stage given is approximate, because the age of the Caturrita Formation is debated.