Notocolossus

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Lived: 90 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods
Found in: Argentina
Named by: González Riga et al. 2016

Field notes

About Notocolossus

Notocolossus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 90 to 84 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Notocolossus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Plottier Formation. It was named by González Riga et al. in 2016.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

90 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Antarctosaurussauropod
Muyelensaurussauropod
Petrobrasaurussauropod

Close relatives

Other members of Colossosauria.

PuertasaurusLate Cretaceous
ChucarosaurusEarly Cretaceous

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: B. J. González Riga, M. C. Lamanna, and L. D. Ortiz David, J. O. Calvo, J. P. Coria. 2016. A gigantic new dinosaur from Argentina and the evolution of the sauropod hind foot. Scientific Reports 6:19165:1-15