CerapodaDinosauriaGenasauriaIguanodontiaLate CretaceousNeornithischiaOrnithischiaOrnithopodaSouth America

Sektensaurus sanjuanboscoi

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Dinosaur: Sektensaurus sanjuanboscoi

Cretaceous: 83.6–66 Ma
Type: Ornithopod

Length*:5.3 m17.4 ft
Weight*:330 kg728 lb
ESR: 2 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen


Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian-Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Ibiricu et al.
Year: 2019

Distribution

Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Chubut
Formation: Lago Colhué Huapí


Locations


Sources

Material: Partial skeleton (icnlude vertebrae and limb bones).
References: Ibiricu, Lúcio M.; Casal, Gabriel A.; Martínez, Rubén D.; Luna, Marcelo; Canale, Juan I.; Álvarez, Bruno N.; González Riga, Bernardo (2019). "A new ornithopod dinosaur (Dinosauria; Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous of central Patagonia".

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