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Cretaceous Period. Only one species,
Rapetosaurus krausei, has been identified. Like
other sauropods,
Rapetosaurus was a
quadrupedal herbivore; it is calculated...
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nearly complete skulls have been
described for only four: Nemegtosaurus,
Rapetosaurus, Sarmientosaurus, and Tapuiasaurus. As is the case in most
other sauropod...
- the apex
predator in its ecosystem,
mainly preying on
sauropods like
Rapetosaurus, and is also one of the few
dinosaurs for
which there is
direct evidence...
-
skull roof and
braincase being preserved.
Similarly to
Saltasaurus and
Rapetosaurus and
unlike Nemegtosaurus, the
supratemporal fenestra was
bordered by...
- it was long,
making it
similarly robust to
those of
Notocolossus and
Rapetosaurus but less so than
those of saltasaurids. Like Dreadnoughtus, Epachthosaurus...
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northwestern Madagascar,
together with the more
common titanosaur,
Rapetosaurus krausei.
Rapetosaurus is the most
common dinosaur in its
fauna and is
known from...
-
around 70
million years ago,
along with
animals such as Majungasaurus,
Rapetosaurus, and Rahonavis.
Masiakasaurus was a
member of the
group Noasauridae,...
-
argued for a
close relationship between Nemegtosaurus, Quaesitosaurus,
Rapetosaurus, and
Bonitasaura and
referred to the
previous phylogenetic analysis and...
- is
Magyarosaurus dacus. It has been
found to be a
close relative of
Rapetosaurus in the
family Saltasauridae in the
sauropod clade Titanosauria in a 2005...
- titanosaur,
closely related to
animals such as Saltasaurus,
Alamosaurus and
Rapetosaurus. The
skull of
Nemegtosaurus comes from the same beds as the titanosaur...
