Genus

Valid Extinct

Futalognkosaurus

Calvo et al. 2007

Etymology Lézard grand chef (du Grec ''saurus'', lézard et de l’indien Mapuche ''Futa'', géant ou grand et ''lognko'', chef).

Futalognkosaurus is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur. The herbivorous Futalognkosaurus lived approximately 93.5 to 85.8 million years ago in the Portezuelo Formation, in what is now Argentina, of the Coniacian stage of the late Cretaceous Period. The fish and fossilized leaf debris on the site, together with other dinosaur remains, suggest a warm tropical climate in Patagonia during this period.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial

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Mount of Futalognkosaurus at Royal Ontario Museum © LittleLazyLass · CC BY 4.0 · 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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Colossosauria Unranked clade

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Lognkosauria Unranked clade

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Futalognkosaurus Genus

Measurements

Length

24 m ⓘ

Futalognkosaurus dukei

Mass

30 000 kg ⓘ

Futalognkosaurus dukei

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇦🇷 Argentina

Geological formations

Portezuelo

Temporal distribution

Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)

Species (1)

Futalognkosaurus dukei 94 Ma

Images 2

Bibliography

Original description

J. O. Calvo, J. D. Porfiri, and B. J. González Riga, A. W. A. Kellner. 2007. A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 79(3):529-541 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

Futalognkosaurus

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