Petrobrasaurus
Field photograph to come
Petrobrasaurus
DV-0795
- Lived
- 90 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Filippi et al. 2011
Field notes
About Petrobrasaurus
Petrobrasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 90 to 84 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Petrobrasaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Plottier Formation. It was named by Filippi et al. in 2011.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
90 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Titanosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. S. Filippi, J. I. Canudo, and J. L. Salgado, A. Garrido, R. García, I. Cerda, A. Otero. 2011. A new sauropod titanosaur from the Plottier Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Patagonia (Argentina). Geologica Acta 9(1):1-12