Rinconsaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0523Bajo de la Carpa Fm., Argentina

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

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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