Arackar licanantay Arackar
"skeleton"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Arackar 6.3 m (20.7 ft) long
4 people holding hands
- Length
- 6.3 m (20.7 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (83.6–66 Mya)
- Place
- Chile
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Arackar (meaning “skeleton” in Kunza) is an extinct genus of lithostrotian sauropod, possibly part of the Saltasauridae, discovered in the Hornitos Formation of Atacama Province, Chile. The genus contains a single species, Arackar licanantay, described by Rubilar-Rogers et al. in 2021.
What we know
- Named by Rubilar-Rogers et al., 2021.
- Body length estimated at about 6.3 m.
- Fossils found in Chile.