Dinosaur
Patagosaurus
Specimens of different ages are known that help to compare their growth.
Patagosaurus fossils include animals of various ages and allow their growth to be compared.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Patagosaurus 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
- Jurassic
- Group
- Eusauropoda
- Eusauropods
- Fossil locations
- Argentina, Patagonia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Patagosaurus
Remains from several individuals, including a juvenile, help scientists study its anatomy and growth. Some older identifications have been revised because the fossils may belong to other sauropods.
Specimens of different ages are known that help to compare their growth. Not all bones formerly attributed to the genus have maintained that identification. Reviewing those assignments helps study the animal without mixing characteristics from other sauropods.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Patagosaurus fariasi
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- Patagosaurus
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- Eusauropoda
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- Living birds
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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.
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