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long-neck giant
Bravasaurus
Say it like this: “BRAH-vah-SOR-us”
Bravasaurus arrierosorum
Bravasaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2020 · Hechenleitner, E. M.; Leuzinger, L.; Martinelli, A. G.; Rocher, S.; Fiorelli, L. E.; Taborda, J. R. A.; Salgado, L.
- Hip height
- 1.5 m · 5 ft
- Length
- 7 m · 23 ft
- Weight
- 2.9 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · Ciénaga del Río Huaco
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Aeolosaurini
The story in short
Bravasaurus was formally named in 2020 by E. M. Hechenleitner and colleagues. The name means “laguna Brava lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Ciénaga del Río Huaco Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Bravasaurus at a length near 7 m, hips about 1.5 m high, and a body mass around 2.9 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Aeolosaurini, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Adamantisaurus
Adamantisaurus mezzalirai
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Aeolosaurus
Aeolosaurus rionegrinus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Arrudatitan
Arrudatitan maximus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago