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Rebbachisauridae

Katepensaurus goicoecheai

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Katepensaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Katepensaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Rebbachisauridae

Katepensaurus (“hole lizard”) is an extinct genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of south-central Chubut Province of central Patagonia, Argentina. It contains a single species, Katepensaurus goicoecheai.

What we know

  • Named by Ibiricu et al., 2013.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Katepensaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.