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Andesaurus Andesaurus delgadoi Calvo and Bonaparte 1991

/ˌændəˈsɔːrəs/
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · 100.5–93.9 Mya

Key Statistics

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

Where It Was Found

Country
Argentina
Region
Neuquén
Formation
Candeleros
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Argentina. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Andesaurus delgadoi is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100.5–93.9 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Neuquén, Argentina. It was named by Calvo and Bonaparte 1991. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Andesaurus delgadoi sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Andesaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Andesaurus delgadoi'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
Buitreraptor
Buitreraptor gonzalezorum
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predator–prey
Alnashetri
Alnashetri cerropoliciensis
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predator–prey
Bicentenaria
Bicentenaria argentina
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coexisted–with
Tenontosaurus
Tenontosaurus tilletti
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coexisted–with
Deinonychus
Deinonychus antirrhopus
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coexisted–with
Carcharodontosaurus
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
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coexisted–with
Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
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coexisted–with
Sauropelta
Sauropelta edwardsorum
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