Genus
Valid Extinct

Arackar

Rubilar-Rogers et al. 2021

Arackar is an extinct genus of lithostrotian sauropod, possibly part of the Saltasauridae, discovered in the Hornitos Formation of Atacama Province, Chile. The genus contains a single species, Arackar licanantay, described by Rubilar-Rogers et al. in 2021.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Arackar
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Presentación de una nueva especie de dinosaurio, denominado Arackar licanantay, en el Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (MNHN) de Chile. Esta nueva especie es el tercer dinosaurio no aviar descrito en Chile, después de Atacamatitan chilensis y Chilesaurus diegosuarezi. © Mediabanco Agencia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Titanosauria Unranked clade
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Lithostrotia Unranked clade
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Arackar Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇱 Chile
1
Geological formations
Hornitos
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Arackar licanantay 84 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
D. Rubilar-Rogers, A. O. Vargas, and B. González Riga, S. Soto-Acuña, J. Alarcón-Muñoz, J. Iriarte-Díaz, C. Arévalo, C. S. Gutstein. 2021. Arackar licanantay gen. et sp. nov. a new lithostrotian (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Atacama Region, northern Chile. Cretaceous Research DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. Iriarte, K. Moreno, and D. Rubilar, A. Vargas. 1999. A titanosaurid from the Quebrada La Higuera Formation (Upper Cretaceous), III Región, Chile. Ameghiniana 36(1):102