Neuquensaurus Neuquensaurus australis (Lydekker 1893)
/nˌuːkwənsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 85.7–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Countries
Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil
Regions
Río Negro · Neuquén · Soriano · São Paulo
Formations
Anacleto · Bajo de la Carpa · Asencio · Adamantina
Dig sites
6
distinct collections
Overview
Neuquensaurus australis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 85.7–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Río Negro, Argentina and elsewhere. It was named by (Lydekker 1893). The species is represented by 8 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~27%
well attested
Based on 8 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Neuquensaurus australis sits in deep time
Neuquensaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Neuquensaurus australis'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.