Kelumapusaura machi Kelumapusaura
"red earth lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kelumapusaura 9 m (29.5 ft) long
6 people holding hands
- Length
- 9 m (29.5 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
- Place
- South America · Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
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.