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beaked plant-eater
Kelumapusaura
Kelumapusaura machi
Kelumapusaura ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2021 · Rozadilla, S.; Brissón Egli, F.; Agnolín, F. L.; Aranciaga Rolando, A. M.; Novas, F. E.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 8–9 m · 26–30 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Argentina · Allen
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Saurolophinae
The story in short
The genus Kelumapusaura dates to 2021, the year S. Rozadilla and colleagues described it. The name means “red earth lizard.”
Fossils referred to Kelumapusaura date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Allen Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Kelumapusaura at a length near 8–9 m.
On the family tree it sits in Saurolophinae, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Acristavus
Acristavus gagslarsoni
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Ahshislesaurus
Ahshislesaurus wimani
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Anasazisaurus
Anasazisaurus horneri
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago