Malarguesaurus
"Malargue lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Malarguesaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (90.5–88.5 Mya)
- Place
- South America · Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Malarguesaurus (meaning “Malargue lizard” after the Malargüe Department of Mendonza Province) is a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Its fossils, consisting of tail vertebrae, chevrons, ribs, and limb bones, were found in the upper Turonian-lower Coniacian Portezuelo Formation of the Neuquén Group. The type species, described by González Riga et al. in 2008, is M. florenciae.
What we know
- Named by González Riga et al. 2008.
- Fossils found in South America and Argentina.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Malarguesaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.