Dinosaur
Bonitasaura
Bonitasaura’s mouth held a surprise: part of its jaw may have worked as a plant cutter.
Bonitasaura’s mouth held a surprise: part of its jaw may have worked as a plant cutter. This titanosaur had a long neck, a bulky body and a small head. A ridge on its jaw may have supported a beak-like covering, perhaps used to cut vegetation before swallowing it.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Bonitasaura at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- It was a plant eater.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Titanosauria
- Titanosaurs
- Fossil locations
- Argentina
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Bonitasaura
The partial skeleton was found in Río Negro, in Argentina’s Patagonia. The individual was still growing, so its size and some of its proportions do not necessarily represent those of a fully grown adult.
Sauropods shared a general outline, but their mouths were not all alike. Studying teeth and jaws helps researchers investigate different feeding methods within a group often reduced to ‘long-necked giants’.
Sauropods shared a general outline, but their mouths were not all alike. Studying teeth and jaws helps researchers investigate different feeding methods within a group often reduced to ‘long-necked giants’.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
The partial skeleton was found in Río Negro, in Argentina’s Patagonia. The individual was still growing, so its size and some of its proportions do not necessarily represent those of a fully grown adult.
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Wikipedia contributors · English source
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