Yeneen
Field photograph to come
Yeneen
DV-1318 · type species Yeneen houssayi
- Lived
- 86 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Filippi et al. 2026
Field notes
About Yeneen
Yeneen was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 84 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Yeneen, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation. It was named by Filippi et al. in 2026.
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 Titanosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. S. Filippi, F. Bellardini, and J. l. Carballido, A. H. Méndez, A. C. Garrido. 2026. Yeneen houssayi gen. et sp. nov. and an overview of the sauropod titanosaurian diversity from Cerro Overo– La Invernada area (Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Santonian), North Patagonia, Argentina. Historical Biology