Argyrosaurus
Field photograph to come
Argyrosaurus
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- Lived
- 84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Lydekker 1893
Field notes
About Argyrosaurus
Argyrosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 66 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Argyrosaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Lago Colhué Huapi Formation. It was named by Lydekker in 1893.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
75 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Titanosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Lydekker. 1893. Contributions to a knowledge of the fossil vertebrates of Argentina. I. — The dinosaurs of Patagonia. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 2:1-16