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Malarguesaurus
Malarguesaurus florenciae González Riga et al. 2009
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · 89.8–85.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
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 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Malarguesaurus sits in deep time
Malarguesaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Malarguesaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.