Chucarosaurus diripienda
"indomitable reptile"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Chucarosaurus 2.5 m (8.2 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 2.5 m (8.2 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
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.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Chucarosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.