Chubutisaurus
"Chubut Province lizard"
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CLASSIFICATION

Chubutisaurus del Corro, 1974
    TYPE SPECIES:
  • C. insignis del Corro, 1974
Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Sauropodomorpha
Sauropoda
Macronaria
Titanosauria

see also: Genus Index, Classification


MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: ?23 m

see also: World Records


TIME

Albian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic


PLACE

Argentina

see also: Paleo-Maps


REMAINS

see also: Anatomy


ESSAY

Although originally placed in its own family, Chubutisaurus was considered a brachiosaurid despite not having front legs longer than hind legs, like Brachiosaurus. More recent analyses suggest that it is a very primitive titanosaur.


IMAGES

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T. MICHAEL KEESEY

Digital (Three-Dimensional)

[THUMBNAIL] Chubutisaurus insignis nocturne

see also: Art Gallery


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