Chucarosaurus
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Chucarosaurus
DV-1202 · type species Chucarosaurus diripienda
- Lived
- 110 to 106 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Agnolin et al. 2023
Field notes
About Chucarosaurus
Chucarosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 110 to 106 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Chucarosaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Huincul Formation. It was named by Agnolin et al. in 2023.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
110 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Colossosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. L. Agnolin, B. J. Gonzalez Riga, and A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, S. Rozadilla, M. J. Motta, N. R. Chimento, F. E. Novas. 2023. A new giant titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 146:105487