Campananeyen fragilissimus

"air"

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Campananeyen 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 Campananeyen
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Rebbachisauridae
Campananeyen reconstruction by Ddinodan
Reconstruction · Ddinodan (CC-BY)

Campananeyen is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Campananeyen fragilissimus, known from a fragmentary skeleton.

What we know

  • Named by Lerzo et al., 2024.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.

What we guess

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