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Malarguesaurus Malarguesaurus florenciae González Riga et al. 2009
/mˌælɑːɹɡɪsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · 89.8–85.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Argentina
Region
Mendoza
Formation
Los Bastos
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Malarguesaurus florenciae is a sauropodomorph 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 Mendoza, Argentina. It was named by González Riga et al. 2009. 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 Malarguesaurus florenciae sits in deep time
Malarguesaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Malarguesaurus florenciae'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.