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Dinosaur: Argyrosaurus superbus
| Length*: | 21 m | 68.9 ft |
| Weight*: | 26 t | 57,320 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian-Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Lydekker
Year: 1893
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Chubut
Formation: Lago Colhué Huapí
Locations
Sources
Material: Humerus, radius, incomplete ulna, two carpals (lost), metacarpal I, metacarpal II, metacarpal III, metacarpal IV, metacarpal V.
References: Mannion, P. D., & Otero, A. (2012). A reappraisal of the Late Cretaceous Argentinean sauropod dinosaur Argyrosaurus superbus, with a description of a new titanosaur genus.
