Name:
Sektensaurus
(island lizard).
Phonetic: Sek-ten-sor-us.
Named By: Lúcio M. Ibiricu, Gabriel A.Casal,
Rubén D. Martínez, Marcelo Luna, Juan I. Canale, Bruno N.
Álvarez & Bernardo González Riga - 2019.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Elasmaria.
Species: S. sanjuanboscoi
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: Argentina - Lago Colhué Huapí
Formation.
Time period: Campanian/Maastrichtian of the
Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Sektensaurus
is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in South America during
the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new ornithopod dinosaur (Dinosauria; Ornithischia) from the
Late Cretaceous of central Patagonia. - Cretaceous Research. -
Lúcio M. Ibiricu, Gabriel A.Casal, Rubén D. Martínez,
Marcelo Luna, Juan I. Canale, Bruno N. Álvarez &
Bernardo González Riga - 2019.