Patagosaurus Patagosaurus fariasi Bonaparte 1979
/pˌæɾɐɡəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · 182.9–180.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Argentina
Region
Chubut
Formation
Cañadón Asfalto
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Patagosaurus fariasi is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 182.9–180.4 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Chubut, Argentina. It was named by Bonaparte 1979. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Patagosaurus fariasi sits in deep time
Patagosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Patagosaurus fariasi'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.