Outline: a typical sauropod
Sarmientosaurus
"Sarmiento lizard"
- Lived
- 101 to 90 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Martínez et al. 2016
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
95 million years ago
Field notes
About Sarmientosaurus
What it was like
Sarmientosaurus was a titanosaur, a long-necked, four-legged plant eater, known from a complete skull and part of the neck. Its large eye sockets and brain scans suggest it had good eyesight.
Its inner ears suggest it usually held its head low, feeding on plants close to the ground.
Its world
It lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Argentina. Its bones come from the Bajo Barreal Formation, where it shared the land with the hunter Xenotarsosaurus and the titanosaurs Epachthosaurus and Drusilasaura.
How it was found
Martínez and colleagues named Sarmientosaurus in 2016. Its skull is one of the most complete of any titanosaur.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Diamantinasauria
Sources: WikidataNamed in: R. D. F. Martínez, M. C. Lamanna, and F. E. Novas, R. C. Ridgley, G. A. Casal, J. E. Martínez, J. R. Vita, L. M. Witmer. 2016. A basal lithostrotian titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) with a complete skull: implications for the evolution and paleobiology of Titanosauria. PLoS ONE 11(4):e0151661:1-82