Yeneen
Yeneen was a giant, long-necked plant-eater that lived about 83 million years ago in what is now Argentina. It had a tiny head on a huge body and weighed as much as two elephants! Scientists found most of its backbone, which helped them learn how it moved and ate.32
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Canto medía de longo?
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estimación
Canto pesaba?
tan longo coma 2,5 coches aparcados en fila🍌tan longo coma 67 plátanos postos un tras outro
tan pesado coma 1,5 elefantes🍉tan pesado coma 2000 sandías🎒tan pesado coma 12 clases enteiras de nenos🐻❄️tan pesado coma 22 osos polares🏃podería correr 100 metros en 22 segundos (o humano máis rápido necesita 9,6)Como era de grande Yeneen comparado CONTIGO?
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Datos curiosos
Yeneen lived about 83 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period.2
Its name comes from the Tehuelche people's word for a winter spirit, because it was found at a place called La Invernada, which means 'wintering place'.1
The species name houssayi honors Bernardo Houssay, an Argentine Nobel Prize winner who helped create the country's main science agency.1
Scientists found almost all of Yeneen's back bones, including six neck vertebrae, ten back vertebrae, and the hip bone, which is rare for a titanosaur.12
Yeneen belonged to a group of titanosaurs called Saltasauroidea, and its closest relatives include Narambuenatitan and Overosaurus.1
The discovery of Yeneen helps scientists understand why so many different titanosaurs lived in the same area during the Late Cretaceous.2

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Yeneen
?How big was Yeneen?
Yeneen was about 10 to 12 metres long and weighed around 8 to 10 tonnes. That is roughly as heavy as two African elephants.2
?What did Yeneen eat?
Yeneen was a plant-eater, a herbivore. It had a small head and a long neck, which helped it reach plants.32
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Yeneen
- Bautizado por
- Filippi et al. 20263
- Grupo
- Pescozos longos
- Familia / clado
- Titanosauria3
- Clasificación
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria3
- Idade das rochas
- de 86 a 84 millóns de anos (Santonian)3
- Formacións rochosas
- Bajo de la Carpa3
- Países
- Arxentina3
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database3
- Descubrimento
- Yeneen was discovered in 2003 by a gendarme officer near Rincón de los Sauces, Neuquén, Argentina. It was named and described by Leonardo Filippi and colleagues in 2026.2
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are not sure if the third skeleton found nearby belongs to Yeneen or to a different titanosaur species.12
De onde veñen os datos
- Yeneen (en.wikipedia.org)
- Científicos del CONICET descubren en Neuquén a Yeneen houssayi: (patagoniaconfluencia.conicet.gov.ar)
- Yeneen in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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