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Hadrosauridae

Kelumapusaura machi

"red earth lizard"

Generic ornithopod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kelumapusaura 9 m (29.5 ft) long
as long as 6 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ornithopod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Kelumapusaura
Length
9 m (29.5 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
South America · Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Hadrosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Duck-billed dinosaurs with tooth batteries.

Kelumapusaura (meaning “red earth lizard”) is a genus of saurolophine hadrosaur from the Late Cretaceous Allen Formation in what is now Patagonia in Argentina. The type and only species is K. machi, known from a bonebed of various individuals.

What we know

  • Named by Rozzadilla et al., 2022.
  • Body length estimated at about 9 m.
  • Fossils found in South America and Argentina.

What we guess

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