Bravasaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-1096Ciénaga del Río Huaco Fm., Argentina

Bravasaurus

DV-1096 · type species Bravasaurus arrierosorum

Lived
84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods
Found in
Argentina
Named by
Hechenleitner et al. 2020

Field notes

About Bravasaurus

Bravasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 66 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Bravasaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Ciénaga del Río Huaco Formation. It was named by Hechenleitner et al. in 2020.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

75 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Rinconsauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: E. M. Hechenleitner, L. Leuzinger, and A. G. Martinelli, S. Rocher, L. E. Fiorelli, J. R. A. Taborda, L. Salgado. 2020. Two Late Cretaceous sauropods reveal titanosaurian dispersal across South America. Communications Biology 3:622:1-13