Tehuelchesaurus benitezii tayhwelchaysorruhs
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tehuelchesaurus 1 m (3.3 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 1 m (3.3 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (160–150 Mya)
- Place
- Gondwana · Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
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.