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long-neck giant
Puertasaurus
Say it like this: “PWER-ta-sore-us”
Puertasaurus reuili
Puertasaurus 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
- 2005 · Novas, F.; Salgado, L.; Calvo, J.; Agnolin, F.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 27–40 m · 89–131 ft
- Weight
- 45–100 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · Cerro Fortaleza
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Lognkosauria
The story in short
In 2005, F. Novas and colleagues published the name Puertasaurus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Puertasaurus date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Cerro Fortaleza Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Puertasaurus at a length near 27–40 m and a body mass around 45–100 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Lognkosauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Argentinosaurus
Argentinosaurus huinculensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
Drusilasaura
Drusilasaura deseadensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
Futalognkosaurus
Futalognkosaurus dukei
Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian) · roughly 93.9 to 85.7 million years ago