Tehuelchesaurus
Field photograph to come
Tehuelchesaurus
DV-0454 · type species Tehuelchesaurus benitezii
- Lived
- 158 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Rich et al. 1999
Field notes
About Tehuelchesaurus
Tehuelchesaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 158 to 143 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Tehuelchesaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Cañadón Calcáreo Formation. It was named by Rich et al. in 1999.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
150 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Camarasauromorpha.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. H. Rich, P. Vickers-Rich, and O. Gimenez, R. Cúneo, P. Puerta, R. Vacca. 1999. A new sauropod dinosaur from Chubut province, Argentina. Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium, National Science Museum Monographs 15:61-84