Ingentia
Field photograph to come
Ingentia
DV-1023 · type species Ingentia prima
- Lived
- 227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Lessemsauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Apaldetti et al. 2018
Field notes
About Ingentia
Ingentia was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago. It belongs to the family Lessemsauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ingentia, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Quebrada del Barro Formation. It was named by Apaldetti et al. in 2018.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
220 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Lessemsauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. Apaldetti, R. N. MartÃnez, and I. A. Cerda, D. Pol, O. Alcober. 2018. An early trend towards gigantism in Triassic sauropodomorph dinosaurs. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2:1227-1232