Patagosaurus
Patagosaurus fariasi
Pronounced:
Pat - ah - go- Sore - us
Diet:
Herbivorous (Plant-Eaters)
Name Means:
"Patagonia Lizard"
Length:
60 Feet (18 m)
Height:
20 Feet (6 m)
Weight:
20 tons (18,000 kilos)
Time:
Middle Jurassic - 160 mya
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur
have been found in Argentina, South
America
Patagosaurus was a large member of the
plant-eating, long-necked sauropods. It was
related to
Cetiosaurus and lived at about the
same time. What makes it important is that it
was found in South America and since
Cetiosaurus was in Europe and Africa,
it shows that these huge sauropods traveled from
one continent to another.
Patagosaurus is the oldest known
South American sauropod. It is known
from a dozen individuals found in the
same formation. |
