Yamanasaurus
Field photograph to come
Yamanasaurus
DV-1127 · type species Yamanasaurus lojaensis
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Saltasauridae
- Found in
- Ecuador
- Named by
- Apesteguía et al. 2020
Field notes
About Yamanasaurus
Yamanasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Saltasauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Yamanasaurus, from Ecuador. Its fossils come from the Río Playas Formation. It was named by Apesteguía et al. in 2020.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Saltasauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. Apesteguía, J. E. Soto Luzuriaga, and P. A. Gallina, J. Tamay Granda, G. A. Guamán Jaramillo. 2020. The first dinosaur remains from the Cretaceous of Ecuador. Cretaceous Research 108:104345