Mendozasaurus
Field photograph to come
Mendozasaurus
DV-0520
- Lived
- 90 to 86 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- González-Riga 2003
Field notes
About Mendozasaurus
Mendozasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 90 to 86 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Mendozasaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Sierra Barrosa Formation. It was named by González-Riga in 2003.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
90 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Lognkosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: B. J. González-Riga. 2003. A new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Ameghiniana 40(2):155-172