Inawentu oslatus Inawentu

"imitator"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Inawentu 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Gondwana · Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Inawentu (meaning “imitator”) is an extinct genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, I. oslatus, known from a partial articulated skeleton including the skull. The square-shaped jaw of Inawentu demonstrates convergent characteristics with rebbachisaurids.

What we know

  • Named by Filippi et al., 2024.
  • Fossils found in Gondwana and Argentina.