Genus

Valid Extinct

Drusilasaura

Navarrete et al. 2011

Etymology Reptile de Drusila ''(en l’honneur de Drusila Ortiz de Zárate une jeune fouilleuse bénévole et membre de la famille propriétaire de l’estancia Marie-Aike où fut trouvé le spécimen)''.

Drusilasaura is an extinct genus of possible lognkosaurian titanosaur sauropod dinosaur which lived during the late Cretaceous of Santa Cruz Province of southern Patagonia, Argentina.

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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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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Lognkosauria Unranked clade

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Drusilasaura Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇦🇷 Argentina

Geological formations

Bajo Barreal

Temporal distribution

Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)

Species (1)

Drusilasaura deseadensis 101 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

C. Navarrete, G. Casal, and R. Martínez. 2011. Drusilasaura deseadensis gen. et sp. nov., un nuevo titanosaurio (Dinosauria–Sauropoda), de la Formacíon Bajo Barreal, Cretácico Superior del norte de Santa Cruz, Argentina [Drusilasaura deseadensis gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosaur (Dinosauria–Sauropoda), from the Bajo Barreal Formation, Upper Cretaceous of the north of Santa Cruz, Argentina]. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 14(1):1-14 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

Drusilasaura

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