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long-neck giant · Doubtful name
Loricosaurus
Say it like this: “lo-REE-ko-SAWR-us”
Loricosaurus scutatus
Loricosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1929 · Huene, F. V.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Argentina · Anacleto
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Saltasaurinae
The story in short
In 1929, F. V. Huene published the name Loricosaurus. The name means “armor lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Anacleto Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Loricosaurus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Saltasaurinae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Bonatitan
Bonatitan reigi
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Ibirania
Ibirania parva
Late Cretaceous (Santonian · Campanian) · roughly 85.7 to 72.2 million years ago
Neuquensaurus
Neuquensaurus australis
Late Cretaceous (Santonian · Campanian) · roughly 85.7 to 72.2 million years ago