Laplatasaurus
Field photograph to come
Laplatasaurus
DV-0135
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Huene 1927
Field notes
About Laplatasaurus
Laplatasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Laplatasaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Anacleto Formation. It was named by Huene in 1927.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Titanosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. v. Huene. 1927. Short review of the present knowledge of the Sauropoda. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(1):121-126