Outline: a typical sauropod
Neuquensaurus
"Neuquén lizard"
- Lived
- 86 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Saltasauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Powell 1992
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
75 million years ago
Also reported from Uruguay.
Field notes
About Neuquensaurus
What it was like
Neuquensaurus was a small titanosaur, a long-necked plant eater close to Saltasaurus. Bony plates set in its skin gave it some armor, and its legs were short and sturdy for a sauropod.
Its world
It lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Argentina, and it has also been reported from Uruguay. Its bones come from several rock layers, including the Anacleto Formation, where it lived alongside the predators Aucasaurus and Aerosteon.
How it was found
Its bones were first given another name, and Powell gave it its own genus in 1992. There are 11 recorded finds, which make it one of the better known small titanosaurs.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Saltasauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: J. E. Powell. 1992. Osteologia de Saltasaurus loricatus (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) del Cretácico Superior del noroeste Argentino [Osteology of Saltasaurus loricatus (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of northwest Argentina]. In J. L. Sanz & A. D. Buscalioni (eds.), Los Dinosaurios y Su Entorno Biotico: Actas del Segundo Curso de Paleontologia in Cuenca. Institutio "Juan de Valdes", Cuenca, Argentina