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long-neck giant
Quetecsaurus
Quetecsaurus rusconii
Quetecsaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2013 · González Riga, B. J.; Ortiz David, L.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 15 m · 49 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Argentina · Cerro Lisandro
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Lognkosauria
The story in short
In 2013, B. J. González Riga and L. Ortiz David published the name Quetecsaurus. The name means “fire lizard.”
Fossils referred to Quetecsaurus date to the Late Cretaceous (Turonian), roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Cerro Lisandro Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Quetecsaurus at a length near 15 m.
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