Genus
Valid Extinct

Laplatasaurus

Huene 1927

Laplatasaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous in South America, with the holotype and only known specimen found in the Anacleto Formation.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Laplatasaurus
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The tibia & fibula of Laplatasaurus. © Gunnar Bivens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Laplatasaurus
Laplatasaurus
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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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Laplatasaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
9,9 m ⓘ
Laplatasaurus araukanicus
Mass
4 900 kg ⓘ
Laplatasaurus araukanicus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Anacleto
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Laplatasaurus araukanicus 84 Ma
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
F. v. Huene. 1927. Short review of the present knowledge of the Sauropoda. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(1):121-126
Bibliography (1)
F. v. Huene. 1929. Los sauriquios y ornitisquios del Cretáceo argentino. Anales del Museo de La Plata, serie 2 3:1-196