Talenkauen
Field photograph to come
Talenkauen
DV-0556
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Novas et al. 2004
Field notes
About Talenkauen
Talenkauen was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Talenkauen, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Cerro Fortaleza Formation. It was named by Novas et al. in 2004.
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 Elasmaria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. E. Novas, A. V. Cambiaso, and A. Ambrosio. 2004. A new basal iguanodontian (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia. Ameghiniana 41(1):75-82