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Sarmientosaurus

Sarmientosaurus is a titanosaur whose skull preserves unusually valuable detail.

Sarmientosaurus is a titanosaur whose skull preserves unusually valuable detail. A skull can reveal information about senses and head construction that is lost when only the long neck and body are known.

Sarmientosaurus at a glance

Diet
Herbivore
Its feeding anatomy is interpreted as adapted to plant food.
When it lived
Late Cretaceous
Group
Titanosauria
Titanosauria

Beyond the game

The real Sarmientosaurus

Sarmientosaurus is a titanosaur whose skull preserves unusually valuable detail. A skull can reveal information about senses and head construction that is lost when only the long neck and body are known.

Skull details reveal aspects of the head and senses that are often missing in titanosaur fossils. They provide a more particular animal than the general image of a giant long-necked herbivore.

Fossil discoveries

Chubut, Argentina · approximate location
Chubut, Argentina

Selected fossil records · present-day map

Map references

Paleobiology Database · R. D. F. Martínez, M. C. Lamanna, and F. E. Novas, R. C. Ridgley, G. A. Casal, J. E. Martínez, J. R. Vita, L. M. Witmer. 2016. A basal lithostrotian titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) with a complete skull: implications for the evolution and paleobiology of Titanosauria. PLoS ONE 11(4):e0151661:1-82 ↗

Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.

Sources & text credits

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  1. A Basal Lithostrotian Titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) with a Complete Skull: Implications for the Evolution and Paleobiology of Titanosauria

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