Puertasaurus
Field photograph to come
Puertasaurus
DV-0588
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 30 m (98 ft)
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Novas et al. 2005
Field notes
About Puertasaurus
Puertasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Puertasaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Cerro Fortaleza Formation. It was named by Novas et al. in 2005.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
To scale
How big was Puertasaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Colossosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. E. Novas, L. Salgado, and J. O. Calvo, F. L. Agnolín. 2005. Giant titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 7(1):37-41