Talenkauen Talenkauen
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Talenkauen 4 m (13.1 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 4 m (13.1 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (76–70 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
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.