Outline: a typical sauropod
Baalsaurus
"Baal lizard"
Type species Baalsaurus mansillai
- Lived
- 94 to 86 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Calvo and Gonzalez Riga 2019
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
90 million years ago
Field notes
About Baalsaurus
What it was like
Baalsaurus was a titanosaur, a long-necked, four-legged plant eater, known from its lower jaw and a few backbones. Its jaw was squared off at the front, like those of some other titanosaurs.
Its world
It lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Argentina. Its bones come from the Portezuelo Formation, where it shared the land with the giant titanosaur Futalognkosaurus, the megaraptor Megaraptor and the feathered hunter Unenlagia.
How it was found
Calvo and Gonzalez Riga named Baalsaurus in 2019, from a single find.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Titanosauria
Sources: WikidataNamed in: J. O. Calvo and B. Gonzalez Riga. 2019. Baalsaurus mansillai gen. et sp. nov. a new titanosaurian sauropod (Late Cretaceous) from Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 91(2):e20180661:-11