Sidersaura
Field photograph to come
Sidersaura
DV-1255 · type species Sidersaura marae
- Lived
- 110 to 106 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Rebbachisauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Lerzo et al. 2024
Field notes
About Sidersaura
Sidersaura was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 110 to 106 million years ago. It belongs to the family Rebbachisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Sidersaura, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Huincul Formation. It was named by Lerzo et al. in 2024.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
110 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Rebbachisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. N. Lerzo, P. A. Gallina, and J. I. Canale, A. Otero, J. L. Carballido, S. Apesteguía, P. J. Makovicky. 2024. The last of the oldies: a basal rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) of Patagonia, Argentina. Historical Biology