Dinosauria›Saurischia›Sauropodomorpha›Saltasauridae
Silhouette of Abditosaurus kuehnei

Abditosaurus Abditosaurus kuehnei Vila et al. 2022

/ˌæbdɪɾəsˈɔːɹəs/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding

Where It Was Found

Country
Spain
Region
Cataluña
Formation
Conques
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Spain. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Abditosaurus kuehnei is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Cataluña, Spain. It was named by Vila et al. 2022. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Abditosaurus kuehnei sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Abditosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Abditosaurus kuehnei's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Gargantuavis
Gargantuavis philoinos
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predator–prey
Variraptor
Variraptor mechinorum
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predator–prey
Pyroraptor
Pyroraptor olympius
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coexisted–with
Saurornitholestes
Saurornitholestes langstoni
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coexisted–with
Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus rex
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coexisted–with
Richardoestesia
Richardoestesia isosceles
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coexisted–with
Richardoestesia
Richardoestesia gilmorei
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coexisted–with
Troodon
Troodon formosus
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