Tehuelchesaurus benitezii tayhwelchaysorruhs
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tehuelchesaurus 1 m (3.3 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 1 m (3.3 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (160–150 Mya)
- Place
- Gondwana · Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Tehuelchesaurus () is a genus of macronarian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian to Tithonian) of Argentina. It is named in honor of the Tehuelche people, native to the Argentinian province of Chubut, where it was first found.
What we know
- Named by Rich et al. 1999.
- Body length estimated at about 1.01 m.
- Fossils found in Gondwana and Argentina.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Tehuelchesaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.