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.