Mesetasaurus

Il num vul dir: “Meseta de Artigas lizard”1

Mangiava: PlantasCuliezs lungsCretacic tardiv

Mesetasaurus was a long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Uruguay. It is known from two well-preserved tail bones that were found in the 1980s. This dinosaur was a type of titanosaur, a group of huge sauropods.1 2

Viveva

avant 86 fin 72 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Paysandú Department, Uruguay1 2

Spertadad maximala

var 15 km/h (9 mph)

Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant spert era el?

Ina persuna che va a pe var 5 km/h (3 mph)

In uffant sin il velo var 12 km/h (7 mph)

Mesetasaurus var 15 km/h (9 mph)

In chaval che galoppescha var 65 km/h (40 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Mesetasaurus is the second non-bird dinosaur ever described from Uruguay.1

Its fossils were found on a plateau called Meseta de Artigas, which gave the dinosaur its name.1 2

The only known bones are two tail vertebrae, which are very well preserved.1 2

Mesetasaurus belonged to a group called Aeolosaurini, which lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous.1 3

Scientists think Mesetasaurus lived between about 85 and 72 million years ago.3

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tias dumondas

Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Mesetasaurus

?How big was Mesetasaurus?

Nobody knows for sure. Only two tail bones have been found, so scientists cannot estimate its full size.1

?What did Mesetasaurus eat?

It was a plant eater. As a titanosaurian, it ate plants.1

?When did Mesetasaurus live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous, probably between about 85 and 72 million years ago.1

?Where was Mesetasaurus found?

Its fossils were found in the Guichón Formation of Paysandú Department, Uruguay.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Mesetasaurus
Numnà da: Soto Núñez et al. 20264
Gruppa: Culiezs lungs
Famiglia / clada: Aeolosaurini4
Classificaziun: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 86 fin 72 milliuns onns (Santonian / Campanian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Guichón4
Pajais: Uruguay4
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Mesetasaurus was named by Matías Soto Núñez and colleagues in 2026. The two tail bones were found in the 1980s in the Guichón Formation of Uruguay.1 2
Anc discutà: Because only two tail bones have been found, scientists are not sure about the exact size or full appearance of Mesetasaurus.1 2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Mesetasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Manuscript LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:070DE7BE-8486-43F7-930B-8B6B90439258 Genus LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2AA8934F-021E-46F1-9F98-893629A66E6F Species LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:061C5A20-06A7-4B1A-ADCA-CC472978910C (ameghiniana.org.ar)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Mesetasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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