Abditosaurus
Field photograph to come
Abditosaurus
DV-1166 · type species Abditosaurus kuehnei
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Saltasauridae
- Found in
- Spain
- Named by
- Vila et al. 2022
Field notes
About Abditosaurus
Abditosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Saltasauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Abditosaurus, from Spain. Its fossils come from the Conques Formation. It was named by Vila et al. in 2022.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Saltasauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: B. Vila, A. Sellés, and M. Moreno-Azanza, N. L. Razzolini, A. Gil-Delgado, J. I. Canudo, A. Galobart. 2022. A titanosaurian sauropod with Gondwanan affinities in the latest Cretaceous of Europe. Nature Ecology & Evolution 6:288-296