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long-neck giant
Limaysaurus
Say it like this: “lee-may-SOR-us”
Limaysaurus tessonei
Limaysaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2004 · Salgado, L.; Garrido, A.; Cocca, S. E.; Cocca, J. R.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 15 m · 49 ft
- Weight
- 7 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · Candeleros
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Limaysaurinae
The story in short
The genus Limaysaurus dates to 2004, the year L. Salgado and colleagues described it. The name means “limay lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Candeleros Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Limaysaurus at a length near 15 m and a body mass around 7 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Limaysaurinae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.