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long-neck giant
Sarmientosaurus
Say it like this: “sahr-me-en-toe-sor-us”
Sarmientosaurus musacchioi
Sarmientosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2016 · Martínez, R. D. F.; Lamanna, M. C.; Novas, F. E.; Ridgely, R. C.; Casal, G. A.; Martínez, J. E.; Vita, J. R.; Witmer, L. M.
- Hip height
- 2.2 m · 7 ft
- Length
- 12 m · 39 ft
- Weight
- 10 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · Bajo Barreal
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Diamantinasauria
The story in short
The genus Sarmientosaurus dates to 2016, the year R. D. F. Martínez and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian), roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Bajo Barreal Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Sarmientosaurus at a length near 12 m, hips about 2.2 m high, and a body mass around 10 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Diamantinasauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Australotitan
Australotitan cooperensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
Diamantinasaurus
Diamantinasaurus matildae
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
Savannasaurus
Savannasaurus elliottorum
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago