Genus
Valid Extinct

Inawentu

Filippi et al. 2024

Inawentu is an extinct genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, I. oslatus, known from a partial articulated skeleton including the skull. The square-shaped jaw of Inawentu demonstrates convergent characteristics with rebbachisaurids.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Inawentu
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Titanosauria Unranked clade
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Eutitanosauria Unranked clade
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Inawentu Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Bajo de la Carpa
1
Temporal distribution
Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Inawentu oslatus 86 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
L. S. Filippi, R. D. Juárez Valieri, and P. A. Gallina, A. H. Méndez, F. A. Gianechini, A. C. Garrido. 2024. A rebbachisaurid-mimicking titanosaur and evidence of a Late Cretaceous faunal disturbance event in South-West Gondwana. Cretaceous Research 154:105754 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
L. S. Filippi, R. D. Juárez Valieri, and P. A. Gallina, A. H. Méndez, F. A. Gianechini, A. C. Garrido. 2024. A rebbachisaurid-mimicking titanosaur and evidence of a Late Cretaceous faunal disturbance event in South-West Gondwana. Cretaceous Research 154:105754 DOI ↗