Futalognkosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0628Portezuelo Fm., Argentina

Futalognkosaurus

DV-0628

Lived
94 to 86 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods
Found in
Argentina
Named by
Calvo et al. 2007

Field notes

About Futalognkosaurus

Futalognkosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 94 to 86 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Futalognkosaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Portezuelo Formation. It was named by Calvo et al. in 2007.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

90 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Lognkosauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. O. Calvo, J. D. Porfiri, and B. J. González Riga, A. W. A. Kellner. 2007. A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 79(3):529-541