Dinosaur
Saltasaurus
It was the first sauropod discovered with small bony plates embedded in its skin.
Saltasaurus added a surprise to the usual image of sauropods: small plates of bone inside the skin.
Three stages. One companion.
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Saltasaurus 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 Saltasaurus
It had a relatively short neck and robust limbs. It was the first sauropod in which small bone plates embedded in the skin were recognized, also later found in other titanosaurs.
The discovery expanded what was known about the body coverage of these animals. Similar plates were later recognized in other titanosaurs, connecting discoveries that previously seemed separate.
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.Sources & text credits
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- Saltasaurus loricatus
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- Saltasaurus
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- Titanosauria
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