Pellegrinisaurus
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Pellegrinisaurus
DV-0396
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Salgado 1996
Field notes
About Pellegrinisaurus
Pellegrinisaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Pellegrinisaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Allen Formation. It was named by Salgado in 1996.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Lithostrotia.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. Salgado. 1996. Pellegrinisaurus powelli nov. gen. et sp. (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Lago Pellegrini, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana 33(4):355-365