Outline: a typical sauropod
Puertasaurus
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 30 m (98 ft)
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Novas et al. 2005
Size comparison
To scale
Scale in metersOutline: typical sauropod shape
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
80 million years ago
Field notes
About Puertasaurus
What it was like
Puertasaurus was a titanosaur, one of the biggest long-necked plant eaters. It is known from only a few huge backbones, so its size is a rough estimate, around 30 meters (98 feet) long.
One of its back bones is extremely wide, which suggests a very broad, deep chest.
Its world
It lived in the Late Cretaceous, about 84 to 72 million years ago, in what is now southern Argentina. Its bones come from the Cerro Fortaleza Formation, the same rocks that held the giant titanosaur Dreadnoughtus and the small plant eater Talenkauen.
How it was found
Novas and colleagues named Puertasaurus in 2005. Only one find is known.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Colossosauria
Sources: WikidataNamed in: F. E. Novas, L. Salgado, and J. O. Calvo, F. L. Agnolín. 2005. Giant titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 7(1):37-41