Dasosaurus

Dasosaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Speculative life restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Somphospondyli
Genus: Dasosaurus
Mayer et al., 2026
Type species
Dasosaurus tocantinensis
Mayer et al., 2026

Dasosaurus is an extinct genus of somphospondylan sauropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Itapecuru Formation of Brazil. The genus contains a single species, Dasosaurus tocantinensis. Its morphology is similar to the titanosauriform Garumbatitan, known from the Early Cretaceous of Spain.