Sarmientosaurus
Field photograph to come
Sarmientosaurus
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- Lived
- 101 to 90 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Martínez et al. 2016
Field notes
About Sarmientosaurus
Sarmientosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 90 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Sarmientosaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Bajo Barreal Formation. It was named by Martínez et al. in 2016.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Diamantinasauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. D. F. Martínez, M. C. Lamanna, and F. E. Novas, R. C. Ridgley, G. A. Casal, J. E. Martínez, J. R. Vita, L. M. Witmer. 2016. A basal lithostrotian titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) with a complete skull: implications for the evolution and paleobiology of Titanosauria. PLoS ONE 11(4):e0151661:1-82