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Pilmatueia

Say it: pil-ma-TOO-ay-ah

Name means: “from Pilmatué, the place where it was found”1

Ate: PlantsLong-necksEarly Cretaceous

Pilmatueia was a small, long-necked dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina. It had tall, forked spines on its backbone, like a spiky fence. This plant-eater was a cousin of the famous Amargasaurus.1

Lived

137 to 133 million years ago2

Early Cretaceous

Fossils found in

Neuquén Province, Argentina, at a site called Pilmatué1

Food

Plants2 1

Length

up to 12 m1

scientists think it was less than 12 meters long

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

How big was it?

How long was it?

as long as 2.5 cars parked in a rowas long as 67 bananas end to end

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Fun facts

Pilmatueia lived during the Valanginian age of the Early Cretaceous, a time when dinosaur fossils are rare.1

Its backbone had air sacs that made the bones lighter, unlike most other dicraeosaurids.1

The forked spines on its neck vertebrae were low compared to its relative Amargasaurus.1

Pilmatueia shared its home with a small meat-eater called Lajasvenator and a type of podocarp tree.1

Its fossils were first dug up in 2009, but the dinosaur was named in 2019.1

AI-made picture of Pilmatueia — An AI-made picture of how Pilmatueia might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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Most asked questions about Pilmatueia

?How big was Pilmatueia?

It was a relatively small sauropod, perhaps less than 12 metres (about 39 feet) long.1

?What did Pilmatueia eat?

It was a plant-eater, like other sauropods.1

?When did Pilmatueia live?

It lived during the Valanginian age of the Early Cretaceous, about 140 to 136 million years ago.1

?Did Pilmatueia have feathers?

No, it was a sauropod dinosaur, and there is no evidence that sauropods had feathers.1

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Scientific name: Pilmatueia
Named by: Coria et al. 20192
Group: Long-necks
Family / clade: Dicraeosauridae2
Classification: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Diplodocoidea2
Age of the rocks: 137 to 133 million years (Valanginian)2
Rock formations: Mulichinco2
Countries: Argentina2
Fossil records: 1 in the Paleobiology Database2
Discovery: Pilmatueia was named in 2019 by Rodolfo Coria and colleagues. The species name honors Ramón Faúndez, who helped with the excavations.1
Still debated: Scientists are not sure exactly how Pilmatueia is related to other dicraeosaurids. Some think it is close to Amargasaurus, while others think it is more primitive.1

Where the facts come from

Pilmatueia (en.wikipedia.org)
Pilmatueia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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