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Rebbachisauridae

Zapalasaurus

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Zapalasaurus 29 m (95 ft) long
as long as 17 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Zapalasaurus
Length
29 m (95 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (130–120 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Rebbachisauridae

Zapalasaurus is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous-aged La Amarga Formation of what is today Patagonia. The type and only species is Z. bonapartei.

What we know

  • Named by Salgado et al., 2006.
  • Body length estimated at about 29 m.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Zapalasaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.