Pitekunsaurus

An san Pitekunsaurus ne daga kashi guda daya wanda ya hada da sassan kwanyar kai, hakora, kashin wuya, kashin baya, kashin wutsiya, da kashin hannu.2

Sunansa ya fito ne daga kalmar Mapudungun "pitekun," wanda ke nufin "ganowa."1

Mai bincike a kamfanin mai Luis Macaya ne ya gano kashin a watan Afrilu na 2004, kuma sunan nau'in ya girmama shi.12

Pitekunsaurus ya rayu a lokacin matakin Campanian na Late Cretaceous, tsakanin kimanin shekaru miliyan 83 da 72 da suka wuce.3

Masana kimiyya suna tunanin Pitekunsaurus wani nau'in titanosaur ne, wani rukuni na sauropods wanda ya hada da wasu daga cikin manyan dabbobin kasa da suka taba rayuwa.1

Kashin wutsiyar Pitekunsaurus yana nuna nau'ikan gidajen kashi guda biyu, wanda ke nuna cewa wutsiyarsa tana da sassauci sosai.2