Andesaurus

DV-0340

Lived: 113 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods
Found in: Argentina
Named by: Calvo and Bonaparte 1991

Field notes

About Andesaurus

Andesaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 110 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Andesaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Candeleros Formation. It was named by Calvo and Bonaparte in 1991.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

110 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Titanosauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. O. Calvo and J. F. Bonaparte. 1991. Andesaurus delgadoi gen. et sp. nov. (Saurischia-Sauropoda), dinosaurio Titanosauridae de la Formacion Rio Limay (Albiano-Cenomaniano), Neuquén, Argentina [Andesaurus delgadoi gen. et sp. nov. (Saurischia-Sauropoda), a titnosaurid dinosaur from Rio Limay Formation (Albian-Cenomanian), Neuquén, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 28(3-4):303-310