Overosaurus

DV-0867

Lived: 86 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods
Found in: Argentina
Named by: Coria et al. 2013

Field notes

About Overosaurus

Overosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 84 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Overosaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation. It was named by Coria et al. in 2013.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Rinconsauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. A. Coria, L. S. Filippi, and L. M. Chiappe, R. Garcia, A. B. Arcucci. 2013. Overosaurus paradasorum gen. et sp. nov. , a new sauropod dinosaur (Titanosauria: Lithostrotia) from the Late Cretaceous of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 3683(4):357-376