Talenkauen
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Talenkauen 4 m (13.1 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 4 m (13.1 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (76–70 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Talenkauen is a genus of basal iguanodont dinosaur from the Campanian or Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous Cerro Fortaleza Formation, formerly known as the Pari Aike Formation of Patagonian Lake Viedma, in the Austral Basin of Santa Cruz, Argentina. It is based on MPM-10001A, a partial articulated skeleton missing the rear part of the skull, the tail, and the hands. The type and only species is Talenkauen santacrucensis.
What we know
- Named by Novas et al. 2004.
- Body length estimated at about 4 m.
- Fossils found in Argentina.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Talenkauen — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.