Aeolosaurini Anchisauria Colossosauria Dinosauria Eusaurischia Eusauropoda Eutitanosauria Gravisauria Late Cretaceous Lithostrotia Macronaria Massopoda Neosauropoda Plateosauria Rinconsauria Saurischia Sauropoda Sauropodiformes Sauropodomorpha Somphospondyli South America Titanosauria Titanosauriformes

Overosaurus paradasorum

Dinosaur: Overosaurus paradasorum

Cretaceous: 86.3–83.6 Ma

TRIASSIC

JURASSIC

CRETACEOUS

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Type: Sauropod

*Length:**	8.5 m	27.9 ft
*Weight:**	1.8 tons	3,968 lb

ESR: 3.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Area: South America

Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Santonian
Years: 86.3–83.6 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Coria et al.
Year: 2013

Distribution

Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Neuquén
Formation: Bajo de la Carpa

Sources

Material: 40 vertebrae (4 cervical, 10 dorsal, 6 sacral and 20 caudal) cervical and dorsal ribs, right ilium and fragments of the left ilium.
References: Coria, R. A.; Filippi, L. S.; Chiappe, L. M.; García, R.; Arcucci, A. B. (2013). "Overosaurus paradasorum gen. et sp. nov. , a new sauropod dinosaur (Titanosauria: Lithostrotia) from the Late Cretaceous of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina".