Outline: a typical sauropod
Malarguesaurus
"Malargüe lizard"
- Lived
- 90 to 86 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- González Riga et al. 2009
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
90 million years ago
Field notes
About Malarguesaurus
What it was like
Malarguesaurus was a long-necked, four-legged plant eater, a relative of the titanosaurs. It is known from tail bones, ribs and limb bones.
Its world
It lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Argentina. Its bones come from the Los Bastos Formation.
How it was found
González Riga and colleagues named Malarguesaurus in 2009. Two finds are known.
Close relatives
Other members of Titanosauria
Sources: WikidataNamed in: B. J. González Riga, E. Previtera, and C. A. Pirrone. 2009. Malarguesaurus florenciae gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosauriform (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mendoza, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 30(1):135-148