Menucocelsior arriagadai Menucocelsior

"the taller one from Salitral Ojo del Agua"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Menucocelsior 8 m (26.2 ft) long
5 people holding hands
Length
8 m (26.2 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Menucocelsior (meaning “the taller one from Salitral Ojo del Agua”) is a genus of medium-sized titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Allen Formation of Argentina. The type and only species is Menucocelsior arriagadai.

What we know

  • Named by Rolando et al. 2022.
  • Body length estimated at about 8 m.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.