Chubutisaurus
Name:
Chubutisaurus
(Chubut lizard).
Phonetic: Chu-but-e-sore-us.
Named By: G. del Corro - 1975.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Titanosauria?
Species: C. insignis (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Roughly estimated to be around 20 meters
long.
Known locations: Argentina, Chubut Province -
Cerro Barcino Formation, Bayo Overo Member.
Time period: Initially described as Albian of the
Cretaceous, fossils might be Cenomanian in age.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial
skeletons of at least two individuals.
Chubutisaurus seems to have been a large but primitive titanosaur that lived in Chubut Province towards the end of the early Cretaceous, hence the name which means ‘Chubut lizard’. Although known from different members of the Cerro barcino Formation, possible predatory threats to Chubutisaurus might have included large theropod dinosaurs such as Genyodectes as well as the large Tyrannotitan.
Further reading
- Un nuevo sauropodo del Cretácico Superior. Actas del Primer
Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia 2:229-240 -
G. del Corro - 1975.
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