Name:
Yamanasaurus
(Yamana lizard).
Phonetic: Yam-ah-nah-sor-us.
Named By: S. Apestegu�a, J. E. Soto
Luzuriaga, P. A. Gallina, J. Tamay Granda & G.
A. Guam�n Jaramillo - 2019.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Titanosauira, Saltasauridae,
Saltasaurinae.
Species: E. lojaensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Ecuador - R�o Playas Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains including
elements of limbs and some vertebrae.
A
possible close relative of Saltasaurus,
Yamanasaurus
is a genus of
titanosaurid
dinosaur that lived in South America during the late
Cretaceous. Yamanasaurus is also the very first
dinosaur to be named
from fossils discovered in Ecuador.
Further reading
- The first dinosaur remains from the Cretaceous of Ecuador.
Cretaceous Research. - S. Apestegu�a, J. E. Soto
Luzuriaga, P. A. Gallina, J. Tamay Granda & G.
A. Guam�n Jaramillo - 2019.