Dinosaur
Dreadnoughtus
It was described in 2014 from fossils found in Santa Cruz, Argentina.
The reference specimen of Dreadnoughtus was already gigantic and had not yet finished growing.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Dreadnoughtus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Titanosauria
- Titanosaurs
- Fossil locations
- Argentina
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Dreadnoughtus
It was identified from two partial skeletons from Santa Cruz, Argentina. Its material is relatively complete for a giant titanosaur, and the reference specimen had not yet finished growing.
It was described in 2014 from fossils found in Santa Cruz, Argentina. Preserving a relatively large portion of the skeleton helps to study its proportions. Even so, reconstructing the final size of a young individual requires distinguishing what is observed from what is estimated.
Titanosaurs were long-necked sauropods. The group includes giants and relatively small species; membership of the group does not automatically determine body size.
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
It was described in 2014 from fossils found in Santa Cruz, Argentina. Preserving a relatively large portion of the skeleton helps to study its proportions. Even so, reconstructing the final size of a young individual requires distinguishing what is observed from what is estimated.
Sources & text credits
Explore the references behind this profile.
- Dreadnoughtus schrani
Wikipedia contributors · Spanish source
Educational text adapted and translated from this article by Wikipedia contributors. The revision link, when captured in the source catalogue, identifies the source version.
- Dreadnoughtus
Wikipedia contributors · English source
Educational text adapted and translated from this article by Wikipedia contributors. The revision link, when captured in the source catalogue, identifies the source version.
- Titanosauria
Wikipedia contributors · English source
Educational text adapted and translated from this article by Wikipedia contributors. The revision link, when captured in the source catalogue, identifies the source version.
- Living birds
Wikipedia contributors · English source
Educational text adapted and translated from this article by Wikipedia contributors. The revision link, when captured in the source catalogue, identifies the source version.
Educational text adapted in English from the existing Wikipedia-backed Dinosgacha catalogue and linked articles by Wikipedia contributors.
Existing English translations have been selected and arranged for this encyclopedia. Repeated period and diet text is omitted where those fields already carry it. Unknown facts remain unfilled; unreviewed geological age phrases are omitted and period labels replace numerical ages.
The adapted educational text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. This text license does not apply to the game illustrations.