Chucarosaurus diripienda Chucarosaurus
"indomitable reptile"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Chucarosaurus 2.5 m (8.2 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 2.5 m (8.2 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Chucarosaurus (meaning “indomitable reptile”) is an extinct genus of titanosaurian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian–lower Turonian) Huincul Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, C. diripienda, known from various limb and pelvic bones.
What we know
- Named by Agnolin et al., 2023.
- Body length estimated at about 2.5 m.
- Fossils found in Argentina.