Macrogryphosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0635Sierra Barrosa Fm., Argentina

Macrogryphosaurus

DV-0635

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

Field notes

About Macrogryphosaurus

Macrogryphosaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 90 to 86 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Macrogryphosaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Sierra Barrosa 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 Elasmaria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. O. Calvo, J. D. Porfiri, and F. E. Novas. 2007. Discovery of a new ornithopod dinosaur from the Portezuelo Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 65(4):471-483