Maxakalisaurus

Say it max-aka-li-sore-us. The name means ‘Maxakali (tribe of Brazil) lizard’.

Maxakalisaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of sauropods

Length: 13 m
Diet: Plant-eater
When: Late Cretaceousabout 80 million years ago
Fossils found in: Brazil
Named by: Kellner et al. (2006)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Sauropoda › Macronaria › Titanosauriformes › Titanosauria › Lithostrotia › Saltasauridae › Saltasaurinae

Where Maxakalisaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Sauropods. Long-necked, four-legged plant-eaters, the biggest animals ever to walk on land. See all 59

Lived at the same time

Other sauropods

Antarctosaurus Late Cretaceous
Dreadnoughtus Late Cretaceous
Puertasaurus Late Cretaceous
Quaesitosaurus Late Cretaceous
Nemegtosaurus Late Cretaceous
Opisthocoelicaudia Late Cretaceous
Ampelosaurus Late Cretaceous
Isisaurus Late Cretaceous

Source: Maxakalisaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.