Malarguesaurus

DV-0694

Lived: 90 to 86 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods
Found in: Argentina
Named by: González Riga et al. 2009

Field notes

About Malarguesaurus

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

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Malarguesaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Los Bastos Formation. It was named by González Riga et al. in 2009.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

90 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Titanosauria.

AegyptosaurusEarly Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
AndesaurusEarly Cretaceous
YeneenLate Cretaceous
AbdarainurusLate Cretaceous
ArgyrosaurusLate Cretaceous
LaplatasaurusLate Cretaceous
MnyamawamtukaEarly Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
NinjatitanEarly Cretaceous

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: B. J. González Riga, E. Previtera, and C. A. Pirrone. 2009. Malarguesaurus florenciae gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosauriform (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mendoza, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 30(1):135-148