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long-neck giant
Nopcsaspondylus
Say it like this: “NOP-chuh-SPON-dih-lus”
Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis
Nopcsaspondylus 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
- 2007 · Apesteguía, S.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Argentina
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Rebbachisauridae
The story in short
The genus Nopcsaspondylus dates to 2007, the year S. Apesteguía described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Nopcsaspondylus 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 Rebbachisauridae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Agustinia
Agustinia ligabuei
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Amazonsaurus
Amazonsaurus maranhensis
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Astigmasaura
Astigmasaura genuflexa
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago