Pitekunsaurus
Field photograph to come
Pitekunsaurus
DV-0665
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Filippi and Garrido 2008
Field notes
About Pitekunsaurus
Pitekunsaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Pitekunsaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Anacleto Formation. It was named by Filippi and Garrido in 2008.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Rinconsauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. S. Filippi and A. C. Garrido. 2008. Pitekunsaurus macayai gen. et sp. nov., nuevo titanosaurio (Saurischia, Sauropoda) del Cretácico Superior de la Cuenca Neuquina, Argentina [Pitekunsaurus macayai gen. et sp. nov., new titanosaur (Saurischia, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 45(3):575-590