Genus

Valid Extinct

Overosaurus

Coria et al. 2013

Overosaurus is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaurs, containing only a single species, Overosaurus paradasorum. This species lived approximately 86 to 84 million years ago during the latter part of the Cretaceous Period in what is now Patagonia. Overosaurus paradasorum was relatively small compared to other sauropods from Patagonia, like the saltasaurids and other aeolosaurines, estimated as approximately 10 m (33 ft). It was a ground-dwelling herbivore.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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Life restoration of Overosaurus. © Danny Cicchetti · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia

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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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Colossosauria Unranked clade

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Rinconsauria Unranked clade

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Overosaurus Genus

Measurements

Length

8,5 m ⓘ

Overosaurus paradasorum

Mass

1 800 kg ⓘ

Overosaurus paradasorum

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇦🇷 Argentina

Geological formations

Bajo de la Carpa

Temporal distribution

Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)

Species (1)

Overosaurus paradasorum 86 Ma

Images 2

Bibliography

Original description

R. A. Coria, L. S. Filippi, and L. M. Chiappe, R. Garcia, A. B. Arcucci. 2013. Overosaurus paradasorum gen. et sp. nov. , a new sauropod dinosaur (Titanosauria: Lithostrotia) from the Late Cretaceous of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 3683(4):357-376 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

Overosaurus

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