Epachthosaurus
Field photograph to come
Epachthosaurus
DV-0335
- Lived
- 101 to 90 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Powell 1990
Field notes
About Epachthosaurus
Epachthosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 90 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Epachthosaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Bajo Barreal Formation. It was named by Powell in 1990.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Lithostrotia.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. E. Powell. 1990. Epachthosaurus sciuttoi (gen. et sp. nov.), un dinosaurio sauropodo del Cretácico de Patagonia (Provincia de Chubut, Argentina) [Epachthosaurus sciuttoi (gen. et sp. nov.), a sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Patagonia (Chubut province, Argentina)]. Actas del V Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia, Tucumán, Argentina 1:123-128