Rinconsaurus
Field photograph to come
Rinconsaurus
DV-0523
- Lived
- 86 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Calvo and González Riga 2003
Field notes
About Rinconsaurus
Rinconsaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 84 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Rinconsaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation. It was named by Calvo and González Riga in 2003.
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: J. O. Calvo and B. J. González Riga. 2003. Rinconsaurus caudamirus gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Revista Geológica de Chile 30(2):333-353