Panamericansaurus

What it was like

Panamericansaurus was a titanosaur, a long-necked plant eater related to Aeolosaurus. It is known from tail bones, a rib and parts of the front leg.

Its world

It lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, at the end of the Late Cretaceous, in what is now Argentina. Its bones come from the Allen Formation, where it shared the land with the raptor Austroraptor and the armored Patagopelta.

How it was found

Calvo and Porfiri named it in 2010. The type species is Panamericansaurus schroederi. It is named after a company that helped fund the work.