Padillasaurus
Field photograph to come
Padillasaurus
DV-0929
- Lived
- 126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Colombia
- Named by
- Carballido et al. 2015
Field notes
About Padillasaurus
Padillasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 121 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Padillasaurus, from Colombia. Its fossils come from the Paja Formation. It was named by Carballido et al. in 2015.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Somphospondyli.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. L. Carballido, D. Pol, and M. L. Parra Ruge, S. Padilla Bernal, M. E. Páramo-Fonseca, F. Etayo-Serna. 2015. A new Early Cretaceous brachiosaurid (Dinosauria, Neosauropoda) from northwestern Gondwana (Villa de Leiva, Colombia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(5):e980505:1-12