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Rebbachisauridae

Astigmasaura genuflexa

"without signs"

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Astigmasaura 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Astigmasaura
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Rebbachisauridae
Astigmasaura reconstruction by Connor Ashbridge
Reconstruction · Connor Ashbridge (CC-BY)

Astigmasaura is an extinct genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Huincul Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Astigmasaura genuflexa, known from an incomplete articulated skeleton.

What we know

  • Named by Bellardini et al., 2025.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Astigmasaura — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.