Species
Valid Extinct

Dreadnoughtus schrani

Lacovara et al. 2014

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Saurischia Unranked clade
Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
Massopoda Unranked clade
Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
Sauropoda Unranked clade
Gravisauria Unranked clade
Eusauropoda Unranked clade
Neosauropoda Unranked clade
Macronaria Unranked clade
Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
Somphospondyli Unranked clade
Titanosauria Unranked clade
Eutitanosauria Unranked clade
Dreadnoughtus Genus
Dreadnoughtus schrani Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
2
Geological formations
Cerro Fortaleza
2
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
K. J. Lacovara, M. C. Lamanna, and L. M. Ibiricu, J. C. Poole, E. R. Schroeter, P. V. Ullmann, K. K. Voegele, Z. M. Boles, A. M. Carter, E. K. Fowler, V. M. Egerton, A. E. Moyer, C. L. Coughenour, J. P. Schein, J. D. Harris, R. D. Martínez, F. E. Novas. 2014. A gigantic, exceptionally complete titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from southern Patagonia, Argentina. Scientific Reports 4:6196:1-9 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
F. L. Agnolín, G. Álvarez Herrera, and M. Aranciaga Rolando, M. Motta, S. Rozadilla, L. Verdiquio, J. S. D.'Angelo, D. Moyano-Paz, A. N. Varela, J. Sterli, S. Bogan, S. Miner, A. M. Rodríguez, G. Munoz, M. P. Isasi , F. E. Novas. 2024. Fossil vertebrates from the Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 154:105735:1-33 DOI ↗
K. J. Lacovara, M. C. Lamanna, and L. M. Ibiricu, J. C. Poole, E. R. Schroeter, P. V. Ullmann, K. K. Voegele, Z. M. Boles, A. M. Carter, E. K. Fowler, V. M. Egerton, A. E. Moyer, C. L. Coughenour, J. P. Schein, J. D. Harris, R. D. Martínez, F. E. Novas. 2014. A gigantic, exceptionally complete titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from southern Patagonia, Argentina. Scientific Reports 4:6196:1-9 DOI ↗