Outline: a typical sauropod
Quetecsaurus
"fire lizard"
Type species Quetecsaurus rusconii
- Lived
- 94 to 90 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- González Riga and Ortiz David 2014
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
90 million years ago
Field notes
About Quetecsaurus
What it was like
Quetecsaurus was a titanosaur, a long-necked plant eater related to Futalognkosaurus and Mendozasaurus. It is known from part of the skeleton.
Its world
It lived about 94 to 90 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous, in what is now Argentina. It comes from the Cerro Lisandro Formation, where the small plant eater Anabisetia also lived.
How it was found
González Riga and Ortiz David named Quetecsaurus in 2014. The type species is Quetecsaurus rusconii. Its name comes from a local native word for fire, after a nearby volcano.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Lognkosauria
Sources: WikidataNamed in: B. J. González Riga and L. Ortiz David. 2014. A new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cerro Lisandro Formation) of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Ameghiniana 51(1):3-25