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long-neck giant
Pellegrinisaurus
Say it like this: “pel-e-GREEN-ee-SAWR-us”
Pellegrinisaurus powelli
Pellegrinisaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1996 · Salgado, L.
- Hip height
- 3 m · 10 ft
- Length
- 20–25 m · 66–82 ft
- Weight
- 50 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · Allen
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Saltasauroidea
The story in short
Pellegrinisaurus was formally named in 1996 by L. Salgado. The name means “pellegrini lizard.”
Fossils referred to Pellegrinisaurus date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Allen Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Pellegrinisaurus at a length near 20–25 m, hips about 3 m high, and a body mass around 50 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Saltasauroidea, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Arackar
Arackar licanantay
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
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Isisaurus
Isisaurus colberti
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago