Arackar

Ah-rak-ar.

By John Stewart

Published on November 7, 2012

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Name

Arackar ‭(‬bones of the Atacamenians‭)‬.

Phonetic

Ah-rak-ar.

Named By

David Rubilar-Rogers,‭ ‬Alexander O.Vargas,‭ ‬Bernardo Gonz�lez Riga,‭ ‬Sergio Soto-Acu�aa,‭ ‬Jhonatan Alarc�n-Mu�oz,‭ ‬Jos�Iriarte-D�az,‭ ‬CarlosAr�valo‭ & ‬Carolina S.Gutstein‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Titanosauria,‭ ‬Lithostrotia.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

A.‭ ‬licanantay‭

Size

Holotype estimated at‭ ‬6.3‭ ‬meters long,‭ ‬though this is a juvenile.‭ ‬Fully grown adults would have been larger.

Known locations

Chile‭ ‬-‭ ‬Hornitos Formation.

Time Period

Campanian/Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial post cranial remains including cervical‭ (‬neck‭) ‬vertebrae,‭ ‬dorsal‭ (‬back‭) ‬vertebrae,‭ ‬humerus,‭ ‬femur,‭ ‬ischium.

In Depth

Arackar is a genus of titanosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Though only known from partial remains,‭ ‬Arackar was at the time of its description one of the most complete individual dinosaurs discovered in Chile.

Further reading

-‭ ‬Arackar licanantay gen.‭ ‬et sp.‭ ‬nov.‭ ‬a new lithostrotian‭ (‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Sauropoda‭) ‬from the Upper Cretaceous of the Atacama Region,‭ ‬northern Chile.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cretaceous Research.‭ ‬-‭ ‬David Rubilar-Rogers,‭ ‬Alexander O.Vargas,‭ ‬Bernardo Gonz�lez Riga,‭ ‬Sergio Soto-Acu�aa,‭ ‬Jhonatan Alarc�n-Mu�oz,‭ ‬Jos�Iriarte-D�az,‭ ‬CarlosAr�valo‭ & ‬Carolina S.Gutstein‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.