Patagosaurus
Field photograph to come
Patagosaurus
DV-0255 · type species Patagosaurus fariasi
- Lived
- 183 to 169 million years ago, Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 18 m (59 ft)
- Group
- Sauropods, Cetiosauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Bonaparte 1979
Field notes
About Patagosaurus
Patagosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic, 183 to 169 million years ago. It belongs to the family Cetiosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Patagosaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Cañadón Asfalto Formation. It was named by Bonaparte in 1979.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
175 million years ago
To scale
How big was Patagosaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Cetiosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. F. Bonaparte. 1979. Dinosaurs: a Jurassic assemblage from Patagonia. Science 205:1377-1378