Antarctosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0133Adamantina Fm., Argentina

Antarctosaurus

DV-0133

Lived
90 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
about 18 m (59 ft)
Group
Sauropods
Found in
Argentina, Brazil, India and Uruguay
Named by
Huene 1927

Field notes

About Antarctosaurus

Antarctosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 90 to 66 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 6 finds of Antarctosaurus, from Argentina, Brazil and India. Its fossils come from rocks including the Adamantina Formation, the Anacleto Formation and the Asencio Formation. It was named by Huene in 1927.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

6 finds

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Antarctosaurus?

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Antarctosaurus: about 18 m (59 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Lithostrotia.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. v. Huene. 1927. Short review of the present knowledge of the Sauropoda. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(1):121-126