Baalsaurus
Field photograph to come
Baalsaurus
DV-1047 · type species Baalsaurus mansillai
- Lived
- 94 to 86 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Calvo and Gonzalez Riga 2019
Field notes
About Baalsaurus
Baalsaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 94 to 86 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Baalsaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Portezuelo Formation. It was named by Calvo and Gonzalez Riga in 2019.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
90 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Titanosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. O. Calvo and B. Gonzalez Riga. 2019. Baalsaurus mansillai gen. et sp. nov. a new titanosaurian sauropod (Late Cretaceous) from Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 91(2):e20180661:-11