Chubutisaurus Chubutisaurus
"Chubut lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Chubutisaurus 18 m (59 ft) long
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- Length
- 18 m (59 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100–98 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Chubutisaurus (meaning “Chubut lizard”) is a genus of somphospondylan sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Cerro Barcino Formation of Argentina. The type species, Chubutisaurus insignis, was described by del Corro in 1975. Chubutisaurus had a more robust radius than Venenosaurus. In 2010 Gregory S. Paul gave a length of 18 m and a weight of 12 t. Thomas Holtz estimated its length at 23 m in 2012.
What we know
- Named by del Corro, 1975.
- Body length estimated at about 18 m.
- Fossils found in Argentina.