Bajadasaurus
Field photograph to come
Bajadasaurus
DV-1049
- Lived
- 139 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Dicraeosauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Gallina et al. 2019
Field notes
About Bajadasaurus
Bajadasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 139 to 133 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dicraeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Bajadasaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Bajada Colorada Formation. It was named by Gallina et al. in 2019.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
135 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dicraeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. A. Gallina, S. Apesteguía, and J. I. Canale, A. Haluza. 2019. A new long-spined dinosaur from Patagonia sheds light on sauropod defense system. Scientific Reports 9:1392:1-10