Epachthosaurus Epachthosaurus

"heavy lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Epachthosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
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Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (95–90 Mya)
Place
South America · Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Epachthosaurus (meaning “heavy lizard”) was a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur, belonging to Lithostrotia, from the Late Cretaceous of Central and Northern Patagonia in South America.

What we know

  • Named by Powell, 1990.
  • Fossils found in South America and Argentina.