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long-neck giant
Yeneen
Say it like this: “YEN-een”
Yeneen houssayi
Yeneen ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 2026 · Filippi, L. S.; Bellardini, F.; Carballido, J. L.; Méndez, A. H.; Garrido, A. C.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Argentina · Bajo de la Carpa
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Saltasauroidea
The story in short
In 2026, L. S. Filippi and colleagues published the name Yeneen. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Yeneen date to the Late Cretaceous (Santonian), roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Bajo de la Carpa Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Yeneen are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
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
Bustingorrytitan
Bustingorrytitan shiva
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Isisaurus
Isisaurus colberti
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago