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beaked plant-eater
Sektensaurus
Say it like this: “SEK-ten-SOR-us”
Sektensaurus sanjuanboscoi
Sektensaurus ate plants and walked on two 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
- 2019 · Ibiricu, L. M.; Casal, G. A.; Martínez, R. D.; Luna, M.; Canale, J. I.; Álvarez, B. N.; González Riga, B.
- Hip height
- 1.2 m · 4 ft
- Length
- 5.3 m · 17 ft
- Weight
- 330 kg · 728 lb
- Found in
- Argentina · Lago Colhué Huapi
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Elasmaria
The story in short
The genus Sektensaurus dates to 2019, the year L. M. Ibiricu and colleagues described it. The name means “island lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Lago Colhué Huapi Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Sektensaurus at a length near 5.3 m, hips about 1.2 m high, and a body mass around 330 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Elasmaria, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Anabisetia
Anabisetia saldiviai
Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
Atlascopcosaurus
Atlascopcosaurus loadsi
Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian · Albian) · roughly 125.8 to 100.5 million years ago
Chakisaurus
Chakisaurus nekul
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago