Zapalasaurus
Field photograph to come
Zapalasaurus
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- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Rebbachisauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Salgado et al. 2006
Field notes
About Zapalasaurus
Zapalasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Rebbachisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Zapalasaurus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the La Amarga Formation. It was named by Salgado et al. in 2006.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Rebbachisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. Salgado, I. d. S. Carvalho, and A. C. Garrido. 2006. Zapalasaurus bonapartei, un nuevo saurópodo de La Formación La Amarga (Cretacico Inferior), noroeste de Patagonia, Provincia de Neuquén, Argentina [Zapalasaurus bonapartei, a new sauropod from the La Amarga Formation (Lower Cretaceous), northwestern Patagonia, Neuquén province, Argentina]. Géobios 39:695-707