Chubutisaurus

DV-0231

Lived: 120 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Length: about 23 m (75 ft)
Group: Sauropods
Found in: Argentina
Named by: del Corro 1975

Field notes

About Chubutisaurus

Chubutisaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 120 to 110 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Chubutisaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Cerro Barcino Formation. It was named by del Corro in 1975.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

115 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Chubutisaurus?

Chubutisaurus: about 23 m (75 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Somphospondyli.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: G. del Corro. 1975. Un nuevo sauropodo del Cretácico Superior. Actas del Primer Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia 2:229-240