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long-neck giant · Doubtful name
Microcoelus
Say it like this: “MY-kro-SEE-lus”
Microcoelus patagonicus
Microcoelus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 1893 · Lydekker, R.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Argentina · Bajo de la Carpa
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Titanosauria
The story in short
Microcoelus was formally named in 1893 by R. Lydekker. The name means “small hollow.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Santonian), roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Bajo de la Carpa Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Microcoelus 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 Titanosauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aegyptosaurus
Aegyptosaurus baharijensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Andesaurus
Andesaurus delgadoi
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Antarctosaurus
Antarctosaurus wichmannianus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago