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Notocolossus Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi González Riga et al. 2016

/nˈɑːɾəkəlˌɔsəs/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · 89.8–83.6 Mya

Key Statistics

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

Where It Was Found

Country
Argentina
Region
Mendoza
Formation
Plottier
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Argentina. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 89.8–83.6 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. 2016. 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 Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Notocolossus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi'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
Neuquenornis
Neuquenornis volans
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predator–prey
Velocisaurus
Velocisaurus unicus
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predator–prey
Tratayenia
Tratayenia rosalesi
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coexisted–with
Gobihadros
Gobihadros mongoliensis
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coexisted–with
Parahesperornis
Parahesperornis alexi
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coexisted–with
Segnosaurus
Segnosaurus galbinensis
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coexisted–with
Baptornis
Baptornis advenus
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coexisted–with
Niobrarasaurus
Niobrarasaurus coleii
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