Bonitasaura

DV-0537

Lived: 86 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Length: about 10 m (33 ft)
Group: Sauropods
Found in: Argentina
Named by: Apesteguía 2004

Field notes

About Bonitasaura

Bonitasaura was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 84 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Bonitasaura, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation. It was named by Apesteguía in 2004.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Bonitasaura?

Bonitasaura: about 10 m (33 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Eutitanosauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. Apesteguía. 2004. Bonitasaura salgadoi gen. et sp. nov.: a beaked sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Naturwissenschaften 91(10):493-497