Mesetasaurus
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Mesetasaurus
DV-1310 · type species Mesetasaurus protector
- Lived
- 86 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Uruguay
- Named by
- Soto Núñez et al. 2026
Field notes
About Mesetasaurus
Mesetasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 72 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Mesetasaurus, from Uruguay. Its fossils come from the Guichón Formation. It was named by Soto Núñez et al. in 2026.
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 Aeolosaurini.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. Soto Núñez, F. Montenegro, and D. Perea. 2026. A NEW AEOLOSAURINI (SAUROPODA, TITANOSAURIA) FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF URUGUAY. Ameghiniana