Antarctosaurus

Antarctosaurus

Pronunciation:
Ant-ARK-toe-sore-us
Name meaning:
'non-northern lizard'
Antarctosaurus
sauropod silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
sauropod
Length:
18.0m
Diet:
herbivorous herbivorous food icon
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 84 million years ago
Found in:
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes, Titanosauria, Lithostrotia
Named by:
von Huene (1929)
Type species:
wichmannianus

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