Neuquensaurus Neuquensaurus
"Neuquén lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Neuquensaurus 75 cm (2.5 ft) long
1 person — shorter than 75 cm (2.5 ft)
- Length
- 75 cm (2.5 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (80 Mya)
- Place
- South America · Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Saltasauridae
Neuquensaurus (meaning “Neuquén lizard”) is a genus of saltasaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, about 80 million years ago in Argentina in South America. Its fossils were recovered from outcrops of the Anacleto Formation around Cinco Saltos, near the Neuquén river from which its name is derived.
What we know
- Named by Powell, 1992.
- Body length estimated at about 0.75 m.
- Fossils found in South America and Argentina.