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early long-neck
Ingentia
Say it like this: “in-GEN-tee-uh”
Ingentia prima
Ingentia ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian) · roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 2018 · Apaldetti, C.; Martínez, R. N.; Cerda, I. A.; Pol, D.; Alcober, O.
- Hip height
- 1.9 m · 6 ft
- Length
- 6.8 m · 22 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Argentina · Quebrada del Barro
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Lessemsauridae
The story in short
In 2018, C. Apaldetti and colleagues published the name Ingentia.
It lived in the Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian), roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Quebrada del Barro Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Ingentia at a length near 6.8 m and hips about 1.9 m high.
On the family tree it sits in Lessemsauridae, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Antetonitrus
Antetonitrus ingenipes
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Ledumahadi
Ledumahadi mafube
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Lessemsaurus
Lessemsaurus sauropoides
Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago