Laplatasaurus Laplatasaurus

"La Plata lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Laplatasaurus 18 m (59 ft) long
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Length
18 m (59 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (80–70 Mya)
Place
South America · Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Laplatasaurus (meaning “La Plata lizard”, named for La Plata, Argentina) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous in South America, with the holotype and only known specimen found in the Anacleto Formation.

What we know

  • Named by von Huene, 1929.
  • Body length estimated at about 18 m.
  • Fossils found in South America and Argentina.