Drusilasaura

Say it like this: “droo-SEE-luh-SAWR-uh”

Drusilasaura deseadensis

Drusilasaura ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
Named in: 2011 · Navarrete, C.; Casal, G.; Martínez, R.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 18 m · 59 ft
Weight: Not established
Found in: Argentina · Bajo Barreal
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: long-neck giant · Sauropod
Family branch: Lognkosauria

The story in short

In 2011, C. Navarrete and colleagues published the name Drusilasaura. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

Fossils referred to Drusilasaura date to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian), roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Bajo Barreal Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Drusilasaura at a length near 18 m.

On the family tree it sits in Lognkosauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Argentinosaurus

Argentinosaurus huinculensis

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago

Futalognkosaurus

Futalognkosaurus dukei

Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian) · roughly 93.9 to 85.7 million years ago

Mendozasaurus

Mendozasaurus neguyelap

Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · roughly 89.8 to 85.7 million years ago