Athenar
Field photograph to come
Athenar
DV-1268 · type species Athenar bermani
- Lived
- 149 to 145 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Dicraeosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Whitlock et al. 2025
Field notes
About Athenar
Athenar was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 149 to 145 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dicraeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Athenar, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Morrison Formation. It was named by Whitlock et al. in 2025.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
145 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dicraeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. A. Whitlock, J. P. Garderes, and P. Gallina, M. C. Lamanna. 2025. Athenar bermani, a new species of dicraeosaurid sauropod from Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, U.S.A. Palaeontologia Electronica 28(3):a50:1-13