Neuquensaurus
Field photograph to come
Neuquensaurus
DV-0351
- Lived
- 86 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 15 m (49 ft)
- Group
- Sauropods, Saltasauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Powell 1992
Field notes
About Neuquensaurus
Neuquensaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Saltasauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 11 finds of Neuquensaurus, from Argentina. One find has also been reported from Uruguay. Its fossils come from rocks including the Anacleto Formation, the Bajo de la Carpa Formation and the Allen Formation. It was named by Powell in 1992.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
75 million years ago
To scale
How big was Neuquensaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Saltasauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. E. Powell. 1992. Osteologia de Saltasaurus loricatus (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) del Cretácico Superior del noroeste Argentino [Osteology of Saltasaurus loricatus (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of northwest Argentina]. In J. L. Sanz & A. D. Buscalioni (eds.), Los Dinosaurios y Su Entorno Biotico: Actas del Segundo Curso de Paleontologia in Cuenca. Institutio "Juan de Valdes", Cuenca, Argentina