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Macrogryphosaurus Macrogryphosaurus gondwanicus Calvo et al. 2007
/mˌækɹəɡɹˌɪfəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · 89.8–85.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Argentina
Region
Neuquén
Formation
Sierra Barrosa
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Macrogryphosaurus gondwanicus is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 89.8–85.7 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 et al. 2007. 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 Macrogryphosaurus gondwanicus sits in deep time
Macrogryphosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Macrogryphosaurus gondwanicus'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.