Bicharracosaurus dionidei Bicharracosaurus
"big animal"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Bicharracosaurus 15 m (49 ft) long
9 people holding hands
- Length
- 15 m (49 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (157.4 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Bicharracosaurus (lit.”big animal lizard”, from bicharraco, the informal Spanish word for “big animal”) is a genus of macronarian sauropod dinosaur, possibly a brachiosaurid, that existed during the Late Jurassic of Cañadón Calcáreo Formation in what is now Argentina. The genus is monotypic with the type species being Bicharracosaurus dionidei.
What we know
- Named by Reutter et al., 2026.
- Body length estimated at about 15 m.
- Fossils found in Argentina.