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Baalsaurus Baalsaurus mansillai Calvo and Gonzalez Riga 2019

/bɑːlsˈɔːɹəs/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · 93.9–85.7 Mya

Key Statistics

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

Where It Was Found

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

Overview

Baalsaurus mansillai is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 93.9–85.7 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 Gonzalez Riga 2019. 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 Baalsaurus mansillai sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Baalsaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Baalsaurus mansillai'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
Megaraptor
Megaraptor namunhuaiquii
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predator–prey
Neuquenraptor
Neuquenraptor argentinus
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predator–prey
Patagonykus
Patagonykus puertai
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coexisted–with
Pamparaptor
Pamparaptor micros
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coexisted–with
Unenlagia
Unenlagia paynemili
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same–clade
Futalognkosaurus
Futalognkosaurus dukei
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same–clade
Dzharatitanis
Dzharatitanis kingi
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same–clade
Quetecsaurus
Quetecsaurus rusconii
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