This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from South America.
Name | Year | Formation | Location | Notes | Images |
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Abelisaurus | 1985 | Allen Formation?/Anacleto Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Argentina | Only known from a single partial skull | |
Achillesaurus | 2007 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | Argentina | Potentially a junior synonym of Alvarezsaurus[1] | |
Adamantisaurus | 2006 | Adamantina Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Maastrichtian) | Brazil | Derived for a titanosaur as indicated by the ball-and-socket articulations of its caudal vertebrae | |
Adeopapposaurus | 2009 | Cañón del Colorado Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Pliensbachian) | Argentina | May have had a keratinous beak based on the shape of its jaw bones | |
Aeolosaurus | 1987 | Allen Formation?, Angostura Colorada Formation, Lago Colhué Huapí Formation, Los Alamitos Formation?, Serra da Galga Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina Brazil? |
Known from the remains of several individuals | |
Aerosteon | 2009 | Anacleto Formation?/Plottier Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian to Campanian) | Argentina) | Its bones were extensively pneumatized, suggesting an air sac system like those of modern birds | |
Agustinia | 1999 | Lohan Cura Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | Argentina | Originally described as possessing long, vaguely-stegosaur like spikes, although these turned out to be fragments of ribs and other bones[2] | |
Alnashetri | 2012 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Argentina | The oldest alvarezsauroid known from South America | |
Alvarezsaurus | 1991 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | Argentina | One of the largest known alvarezsaurids | |
Amargasaurus | 1991 | La Amarga Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | Argentina | Possessed two parallel rows of backward-pointing spines on its neck that may have been covered by keratin sheaths[3] or a skin sail[4] | |
Amargatitanis | 2007 | La Amarga Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | Argentina | Originally described as a titanosaur[5] although it has since been reinterpreted as a dicraeosaurid[6] | |
Amazonsaurus | 2003 | Itapecuru Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | Brazil | Had tall neural spines on its caudal vertebrae | |
Amygdalodon | 1947 | Cerro Carnerero Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | Argentina | Its teeth were shaped like almonds | |
Anabisetia | 2002 | Lisandro Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Four specimens are known but the skull remains incompletely known | |
Andesaurus | 1991 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Argentina | Several osteological features indicate a basal position within the Titanosauria | |
Aniksosaurus | 2006 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Bone bed remains suggest a gregarious lifestyle[7] | |
Antarctosaurus | 1929 | Adamantina Formation?, Anacleto Formation, Plottier Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian to Campanian) | Argentina Brazil? |
Multiple specimens have been assigned to this genus, including some from outside South America, but most may not represent the same taxon | |
Aoniraptor | 2016 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Either a valid megaraptoran or a synonym of Gualicho[8] | |
Arackar | 2021 | Hornitos Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Chile | The most complete sauropod known from Chile | |
Aratasaurus | 2020 | Romualdo Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian) | Brazil | All three of its toes were symmetric | |
Argentinosaurus | 1993 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | May be the largest known dinosaur | |
Argyrosaurus | 1893 | Lago Colhué Huapí Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Several remains were historically assigned to this genus, but only the holotype can be confidently assigned to it[9] | |
Arrudatitan | 2021 | Adamantina Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Brazil | Its tail probably curved strongly downward, with the tip held very low to the ground[10] | |
Asfaltovenator | 2019 | Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | Argentina | Combines traits of both megalosauroids and allosauroids. Its describers suggest paraphyly of the former group[11] | |
Atacamatitan | 2011 | Tolar Formation (Late Cretaceous) | Chile | Only known from a single, fragmentary skeleton | |
Aucasaurus | 2002 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | Argentina | Known from almost the entire skeleton, including most of the skull | |
Austrocheirus | 2010 | Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Unusually for an abelisauroid, its arms were relatively long | |
Austroposeidon | 2016 | Presidente Prudente Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Brazil | The largest dinosaur known from Brazil | |
Austroraptor | 2008 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Possessed an elongated snout paralleling that of spinosaurids | |
Baalsaurus | 2018 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | Argentina | Had a squared-off dentary with its teeth crowded to the front | |
Bagualia | 2020 | Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | Argentina | Represents an early radiation of eusauropods that displaced earlier basal sauropodomorphs after a global warming event[12] | |
Bagualosaurus | 2018 | Santa Maria Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | Brazil | Its hindlimbs were very robust | |
Bajadasaurus | 2019 | Bajada Colorada Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Valanginian) | Argentina | Possessed elongated, forward-pointing spines erupting in pairs from the neck | |
Barrosasaurus | 2009 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Argentina | Only known from three vertebrae but are well-preserved enough to warrant recognition as a distinct genus | |
Baurutitan | 2005 | Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Brazil | Originally described from an associated series of nineteen vertebrae; new remains were discovered later[13] | |
Berthasaura | 2021 | Goio-Erê Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | Brazil | Possessed a short, toothless beak, indicating a herbivorous or omnivorous diet | |
Bicentenaria | 2012 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Argentina | Several individuals were preserved together, suggesting a gregarious lifestyle[14] | |
Bonapartenykus | 2012 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Its holotype was preserved with two eggs that may have been within its oviducts when it died[15] | |
Bonapartesaurus | 2017 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Belongs to the Austrokritosauria, an endemic South American clade of hadrosaurids[16] | |
Bonatitan | 2004 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Analysis of its inner ear suggests a decreased range of head movements compared to other sauropods[17] | |
Bonitasaura | 2004 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | Argentina | The proportions of its body were somewhat similar to those of diplodocoids, likely through convergent evolution | |
Brachytrachelopan | 2005 | Cañadón Calcáreo Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian) | Argentina | Possessed the shortest neck of any known sauropod | |
Brasilotitan | 2013 | Adamantina Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Brazil | Had an L-shaped dentary similar to that of Antarctosaurus and Bonitasaura | |
Bravasaurus | 2020 | Ciénaga del Río Huaco Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Discovered close to a large concentration of titanosaur eggs | |
Buitreraptor | 2005 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | May have been a pursuit predator due to its long legs[18] | |
Buriolestes | 2016 | Santa Maria Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | Brazil | Unlike all other sauropodomorphs, it was completely carnivorous, with serrated teeth to match | |
Bustingorrytitan | 2023 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian | Argentina | Large yet distantly related to other gigantic titanosaurs[19] | |
Caieiria | 2022 | Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Brazil | Its caudal vertebrae had an unusual anatomy | |
Campylodoniscus | 1961 | Bajo Barreal Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Argentina | Only known from a single maxilla with seven teeth | |
Carnotaurus | 1985 | La Colonia Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Possessed a pair of short horns on the top of its skull | |
Cathartesaura | 2005 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Argentina | Had a well-muscled neck although it could not move strongly up or down | |
Chilesaurus | 2015 | Toqui Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian) | Chile | Combines traits of theropods, sauropodomorphs, and ornithischians, with far-reaching implications for the evolution of the Dinosauria | |
Choconsaurus | 2017 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Argentina | One of the most completely known basal titanosaurs | |
Chromogisaurus | 2010 | Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | Argentina | Its discovery suggests that early dinosaurs were more diverse than previously thought | |
Chubutisaurus | 1975 | Cerro Barcino Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian) | Argentina | Unusually, its forelimbs were shorter than its hindlimbs[20] | |
Chucarosaurus | 2023 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Smaller and more slender than the contemporary Argentinosaurus | |
Clasmodosaurus | 1898 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Similarly to Bonitasaura, its teeth were polygonal in cross-section | |
Coloradisaurus | 1990 | Los Colorados Formation (Late Triassic, Norian) | Argentina | Originally called Coloradia, although that genus name is occupied by a moth | |
Comahuesaurus | 2012 | Lohan Cura Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | Argentina | Its holotype was originally assigned to Limaysaurus, but it was named as a separate genus due to several morphological differences | |
Condorraptor | 2005 | Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | Argentina | Closely related to the coeval Piatnitzkysaurus but could be distinguished by several osteological features | |
Dreadnoughtus | 2014 | Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | The heaviest land animal whose mass can be calculated with reasonable certainty | |
Drusilasaura | 2011 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Potentially the oldest known member of the lognkosaurian lineage[21] | |
Ekrixinatosaurus | 2004 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Argentina | Had robust bones, indicating a massive build and a greater resistance to injuries[22] | |
Elaltitan | 2012 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Extremely large as indicated by its long femur | |
Elemgasem | 2022 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | Argentina | The first abelisaurid known from the Turonian-Coniacian interval | |
Eoabelisaurus | 2012 | Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | Argentina | Shows a transitional arm morphology for an abelisauroid, with a shortened lower arm and hand, but an unreduced humerus | |
Eodromaeus | 2011 | Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian | Argentina | Well-adapted for cursoriality despite its early age[23] | |
Eoraptor | 1993 | Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | Argentina | Possessed different types of teeth, suggesting it was omnivorous | |
Epachthosaurus | 1990 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Its caudal vertebrae were procoelous; i.e. concave at the front and convex at the back | |
Erythrovenator | 2021 | Candelária Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian to Norian) | Brazil | Known from the Riograndia Assemblage Zone, an area which is unusually dominated by cynodonts | |
Futalognkosaurus | 2007 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian) | Argentina | Possessed meter-deep cervical vertebrae with distinctive shark fin-shaped neural spines | |
Gasparinisaura | 1996 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Argentina | Known from specimens of both adults and juveniles | |
Genyodectes | 1901 | Cerro Barcino Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | Argentina | Had extremely large and protruding teeth | |
Giganotosaurus | 1995 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Argentina | One of the largest known terrestrial carnivorous dinosaurs | |
Gnathovorax | 2019 | Santa Maria Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | Brazil | Known from a well-preserved, almost complete skeleton | |
Gondwanatitan | 1999 | Adamantina Formation, Cambabe Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Brazil | For a titanosaur, it had relatively gracile limb bones | |
Gonkoken | 2023 | Dorotea Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Chile | The southernmost basal hadrosauroid known to date, known from more southern latitudes than true hadrosaurids | |
Guaibasaurus | 1999 | Caturrita Formation (Late Triassic, Norian) | Brazil | Combines features of both early theropods and sauropodomorphs | |
Gualicho | 2016 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Originally described as having highly reduced arms with only two fingers, convergent with tyrannosaurids, although one study suggests a third finger was present[24] | |
Guemesia | 2022 | Los Blanquitos Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Argentina | Unlike other abelisaurids, it lacked ornamentation on its skull[25] | |
Herrerasaurus | 1963 | Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | Argentina | One of the largest early carnivorous dinosaurs. Usually considered a basal saurischian but may be just outside Dinosauria[26] | |
Huallasaurus | 2022 | Los Alamitos Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Remains originally misidentified as belonging to a southern species of Kritosaurus | |
Huinculsaurus | 2020 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | The youngest known elaphrosaurine | |
Ibirania | 2022 | São José do Rio Preto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | Brazil | May have attained its small size due to its arid inland habitat, unlike other dwarf titanosaurs which were affected by insular dwarfism[27] | |
Ilokelesia | 1998 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Argentina | Its skull retains some basal abelisauroid traits | |
Inawentu | 2023 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | Argentina | Possessed a short neck and squared-off snout, convergent with the rebbachisaurids that went extinct shortly before this genus lived | |
Ingentia | 2018 | Quebrada del Barro Formation (Late Triassic, Norian to Rhaetian) | Argentina | The earliest known very large sauropodomorph[28] | |
Irritator | 1996 | Romualdo Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian) | Brazil | May have been the apex predator of its habitat, hunting both aquatic and terrestrial prey[29] | |
Isaberrysaura | 2017 | Los Molles Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bajocian) | Argentina | Preserves gut contents including whole seeds | |
Isasicursor | 2019 | Chorrillo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Four individuals of different ages were found together, suggesting it lived in herds[30] | |
Itapeuasaurus | 2019 | Alcântara Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Brazil | Only known from six vertebrae | |
Jakapil | 2022 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Argentina | Represents a novel lineage of ornithischians, characterized by small size, deep jaws, and a bipedal stance | |
Kaijutitan | 2019 | Sierra Barrosa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian) | Argentina | One of the latest-surviving basal titanosaurs | |
Katepensaurus | 2013 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Distinguished by a certain opening in its dorsal vertebrae | |
Kelumapusaura | 2022 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Known from the remains of various individuals | |
Kurupi | 2021 | Marília Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Brazil | Would have had a stiff tail as indicated by the anatomy of its caudal vertebrae | |
Lajasvenator | 2020 | Mulichinco Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian) | Argentina | One of the smallest known allosauroids | |
Lapampasaurus | 2012 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Known from a partial skeleton lacking the skull | |
Laplatasaurus | 1929 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Argentina | Osteoderms have been assigned to this taxon although this referral is uncertain | |
Laquintasaura | 2014 | La Quinta Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian) | Venezuela | One study recovered it as a basal thyreophoran[31] despite the fact no osteoderms have been found | |
Lavocatisaurus | 2018 | Rayoso Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | Argentina | May have possessed a keratinous beak[32] | |
Leinkupal | 2014 | Bajada Colorada Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Valanginian) | Argentina | The youngest known diplodocid | |
Leonerasaurus | 2011 | Las Leoneras Formation (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian to Toarcian) | Argentina | Has an unusual combination of basal and derived traits | |
Lessemsaurus | 1999 | Los Colorados Formation (Late Triassic, Norian) | Argentina | Grew very large despite lacking the anatomical traits usually seen as supporting gigantism[28] | |
Leyesaurus | 2011 | Quebrada del Barro Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Toarcian) | Argentina | Had an unusually small skull | |
Ligabueino | 1996 | La Amarga Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | Argentina | Known from a single, very small, juvenile skeleton | |
Ligabuesaurus | 2006 | Lohan Cura Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | Argentina | Its forelimbs were extremely long, with similar proportions to those of brachiosaurids[33] | |
Limaysaurus | 2004 | Candeleros Formation, Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Argentina | Possessed elongated neural spines on its dorsal vertebrae | |
Llukalkan | 2021 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | Argentina | May have had a keen sense of hearing due to the shape of its ear[34] | |
Loncosaurus | 1899 | Cardiel Formation?/Metasiete Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Poorly known | |
Loricosaurus | 1929 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Potentially synonymous with Neuquensaurus or Saltasaurus | |
Lucianovenator | 2017 | Quebrada del Barro Formation (Late Triassic, Norian to Rhaetian) | Argentina | One of the few theropods known from the Rhaetian | |
Macrocollum | 2018 | Candelária Formation (Late Triassic, Norian) | Brazil | One of the oldest sauropodomorphs with an extremely elongated neck | |
Macrogryphosaurus | 2007 | Sierra Barrosa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian) | Argentina | Preserves a series of mineralized plates along the side of the torso | |
Mahuidacursor | 2019 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | Argentina | Its holotype was sexually mature but not fully grown | |
Maip | 2022 | Chorrillo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Argentina | The largest, youngest, and most completely known megaraptoran | |
Malarguesaurus | 2008 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | Argentina | Large and robustly built | |
Manidens | 2011 | Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | Argentina | May have been arboreal due to the structure of its feet, with toes adapted for grasping[35] | |
Mapusaurus | 2006 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | At least seven specimens of different growth stages are known, possibly suggesting that lived and/or hunted in packs | |
Maxakalisaurus | 2006 | Adamantina Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Brazil | Unusually for a sauropod, it had ridged teeth | |
Megaraptor | 1998 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | Argentina | Possessed a large, strongly curved claw on its first finger | |
Mendozasaurus | 2003 | Sierra Barrosa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian) | Argentina | Had spherical osteoderms that were probably located in rows along the flanks[36] | |
Menucocelsior | 2022 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Coexisted with multiple other titanosaurs that may have niche-partitioned[37] | |
Meraxes | 2022 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Argentina | Possessed reduced forelimbs convergent with several other groups of theropods | |
Microcoelus | 1893 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | Argentina | May be a synonym of Neuquensaurus | |
Mirischia | 2004 | Romualdo Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian) | Brazil | Its holotype preserves an intestine | |
Murusraptor | 2016 | Sierra Barrosa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian) | Argentina | Had a brain morphology similar to that of tyrannosaurids but its sensory capabilities were closer to the level of allosauroids[38] | |
Mussaurus | 1979 | Laguna Colorada Formation (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian) | Argentina | Multiple specimens from different growth stages are known. Juveniles may have been quadrupedal and shifted to bipedality as adults[39] | |
Muyelensaurus | 2007 | Plottier Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian to Santonian) | Argentina | Relatively gracile for a titanosaur | |
Narambuenatitan | 2011 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Argentina | Its neural spines are very similar to those of Epachthosaurus | |
Neuquenraptor | 2005 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian) | Argentina | Potentially synonymous with Unenlagia[40] | |
Neuquensaurus | 1992 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Argentina Uruguay? |
One of the smallest known titanosaurs | |
Nhandumirim | 2019 | Santa Maria Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | Brazil | Originally described as a theropod[41] but has since been reinterpreted as a sauropodomorph[42] | |
Niebla | 2020 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Had a uniquely-built scapulocoracoid very similar to that of Carnotaurus | |
Ninjatitan | 2021 | Bajada Colorada Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Valanginian) | Argentina | The oldest known titanosaur | |
Noasaurus | 1980 | Lecho Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Originally mistakenly believed to have possessed a dromaeosaurid-like sickle claw | |
Nopcsaspondylus | 2007 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Argentina | Named from a single, lost vertebra | |
Notoceratops | 1918 | Lago Colhué Huapí Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Originally described as a ceratopsian but this identity is today doubted | |
Notocolossus | 2016 | Plottier Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian to Santonian) | Argentina | Unusually for a sauropod, its unguals were truncated | |
Notohypsilophodon | 1998 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Only known from a skull-less, juvenile skeleton | |
Nullotitan | 2019 | Chorrillo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Would have niche-partitioned with smaller ornithopods | |
Orkoraptor | 2008 | Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Argentina | Had highly specialized dentition similar to that of maniraptorans | |
Overoraptor | 2020 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Shows adaptations for both flight and cursoriality | |
Overosaurus | 2013 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | Argentina | One of the smallest known aeolosaurins | |
Padillasaurus | 2015 | Paja Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | Colombia | Originally described as a brachiosaurid[43] although it could also be a somphospondylian[44] | |
Pampadromaeus | 2011 | Santa Maria Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | Brazil | Some features of its jaws are similar to those of theropods | |
Pamparaptor | 2011 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | Argentina | Had a troodontid-like metatarsal | |
Panamericansaurus | 2010 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Known from a single partial skeleton | |
Pandoravenator | 2017 | Cañadón Calcáreo Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian) | Argentina | Inconsistent in phylogenetic placement | |
Panphagia | 2009 | Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | Argentina | Was omnivorous as indicated by its heterodont dentition | |
Patagonykus | 1996 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | Argentina | Its discovery allowed researchers to connect Alvarezsaurus and parvicursorines[45] | |
Patagopelta | 2022 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Although originally described as the first nodosaurid recovered from South America, it may actually be a parankylosaurian[46][47] | |
Patagosaurus | 1979 | Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | Argentina | Known from remains of adults and juveniles, depicting how various features developed in sauropods as they aged | |
Patagotitan | 2017 | Cerro Barcino Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian) | Argentina | One of the largest dinosaurs known from reasonably complete remains | |
Pellegrinisaurus | 1996 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | May have lived inland unlike other contemporaneous titanosaurs[48] | |
Perijasaurus | 2022 | La Quinta Formation (Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic, Toarcian to Aalenian) | Colombia | Only known from a single vertebra | |
Petrobrasaurus | 2011 | Plottier Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian to Santonian) | Argentina | Shares somes features with lognkosaurs, but its membership within this clade cannot be confirmed | |
Piatnitzkysaurus | 1979 | Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | Argentina | One of the few early theropods with a well-preserved braincase | |
Pilmatueia | 2019 | Mulichinco Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian) | Argentina | Had elongated spines on its cervical vertebrae, although they were not as tall as those of Amargasaurus and Bajadasaurus[49] | |
Pitekunsaurus | 2008 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Argentina | Known from several bones from different parts of the body, including a braincase | |
Powellvenator | 2017 | Los Colorados Formation (Late Triassic, Norian) | Argentina | Some of this genus' remains were originally associated with those of a pseudosuchian[50] | |
Puertasaurus | 2005 | Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Large but only known from very few remains | |
Punatitan | 2020 | Ciénaga del Río Huaco Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Contemporary with Bravasaurus but was most likely distantly related[51] | |
Pycnonemosaurus | 2002 | Cachoeira do Bom Jardim Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Brazil | Potentially the largest known abelisaurid[52] | |
Quetecsaurus | 2014 | Lisandro Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | Argentina | Its humerus was uniquely-shaped | |
Quilmesaurus | 2001 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Had proportionally robust legs despite its small size | |
Rayososaurus | 1996 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Argentina | Very similar to Rebbachisaurus despite only being known from scant remains | |
Rinconsaurus | 2003 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | Argentina | Unusually, its caudal vertebrae had a repeating pattern of procoely, amphicoely, opisthocoely, and biconvex states | |
Riojasaurus | 1969 | Los Colorados Formation (Late Triassic, Norian) | Argentina | Although commonly depicted as quadrupedal, the structure of its shoulder girdle suggests it may potentially be bipedal | |
Rocasaurus | 2000 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Small for a sauropod yet was very robust | |
Saltasaurus | 1980 | Lecho Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Possessed osteoderms in the form of large round nodules connected by a mass of smaller plates | |
Sanjuansaurus | 2010 | Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | Argentina | Coexisted with Herrerasaurus but most likely represents a separate taxon | |
Santanaraptor | 1999 | Romualdo Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | Brazil | Preserves soft tissues including the remains of skin, muscle, and possibly blood vessels[53][54] | |
Sarmientosaurus | 2016 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Analysis of its inner ear suggests it held its head downwards, possibly indicating a preference for low-growing plants | |
Saturnalia | 1999 | Santa Maria Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | Brazil | Known from at least three partial skeletons | |
Secernosaurus | 1979 | Lago Colhué Huapí Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | Would have lived in an arid gypsum desert[55] | |
Sektensaurus | 2019 | Lago Colhué Huapí Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Argentina | The first non-hadrosaurid ornithopod recovered from central Patagonia | |
Skorpiovenator | 2009 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Had an unusually short and deep skull | |
Spectrovenator | 2020 | Quiricó Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | Brazil | Its holotype was found underneath a sauropod skeleton | |
Staurikosaurus | 1970 | Santa Maria Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian to Norian) | Brazil | May have been a rare component of its environment as only two specimens are known | |
Stegouros | 2021 | Dorotea Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Chile | Possessed a "macuahuitl" at the end of its tail, made of a connected "frond" of pointed osteoderms | |
Tachiraptor | 2014 | La Quinta Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian) | Venezuela | Closely related to ceratosaurs and tetanurans[56] | |
Talenkauen | 2004 | Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | May have practiced parental care as an adult and a hatchling have been found together | |
Tapuiasaurus | 2011 | Quiricó Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | Brazil | One of the few titanosaurs from which a complete skull is known | |
Taurovenator | 2016 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Originally known from only a single postorbital. More remains were described in 2024[57] | |
Tehuelchesaurus | 1999 | Cañadón Calcáreo Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian) | Argentina | Preserves impressions of scaly skin | |
Thanos | 2020 | São José do Rio Preto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | Brazil | Only known from a single vertebra. The generic name honors the Marvel Comics villain Thanos | |
Tiamat | 2024 | Açu Formation (Early to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian). | Brazil | An early-branching titanosaur, named after the Mesopotamian goddess of the same name. | |
Tietasaura | 2024 | Marfim Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Hauterivian). | Brazil | Known from a single partial femur. The first ornithischian genus described from Brazil. | |
Titanomachya | 2024 | La Colonia Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Argentina | The morphology of its astragalus is intermediate between members of the Colossosauria and Saltasauroidea[58] | |
Tralkasaurus | 2020 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Exhibits a conflicting blend of characteristics from basal and derived abelisauroids | |
Tratayenia | 2018 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | Argentina | One of the youngest known megaraptorans[59] | |
Traukutitan | 2011 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | Argentina | Retained basal features in its caudal vertebrae despite its late age | |
Trigonosaurus | 2005 | Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Brazil | Potentially synonymous with Baurutitan[13] | |
Triunfosaurus | 2017 | Rio Piranhas Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Valanginian) | Brazil | Originally described as a titanosaur[60] but similarities have been noted with basal somphospondylans[61] | |
Tyrannotitan | 2005 | Cerro Barcino Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | Argentina | Unlike other carcharodontosaurids, its sacral and caudal vertebrae were not pneumatic | |
Uberabatitan | 2008 | Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Brazil | Several individuals are known, some of which are very large | |
Unaysaurus | 2004 | Caturrita Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian to Norian) | Brazil | Described as the first plateosaurid-grade sauropodomorph from Brazil | |
Unenlagia | 1997 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian) | Argentina | Could potentially be adapted for flapping due to the structure of its shoulder girdle[62] | |
Unquillosaurus | 1979 | Los Blanquitos Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Argentina | Has been suggested to be a dromaeosaurid[63] or a carcharodontosaurid[64] | |
Velocisaurus | 1991 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | Argentina | Unusually, its third metatarsal is the thickest, which may be an adaptation to running | |
Vespersaurus | 2019 | Rio Paraná Formation (Cretaceous) | Brazil | Possessed raised claws on its second and fourth toes, making it functionally monodactyl, a possible adaptation to its desert habitat | |
Viavenator | 2016 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | Argentina | May have relied on quick movements of its head and gaze stabilization when hunting | |
Volkheimeria | 1979 | Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | Argentina | Coexisted with at least three other eusauropods | |
Willinakaqe | 2010 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Argentina | As originally described, it represented a chimera of two different taxa, one of which was later named Bonapartesaurus[65] | |
Xenotarsosaurus | 1986 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Argentina | Had an unusually-shaped astragalus and calcaneum | |
Yamanasaurus | 2019 | Río Playas Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Ecuador | The northernmost saltasaurine known to date[51] | |
Ypupiara | 2021 | Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Brazil | May have been a piscivore due to the shape of its teeth[66] | |
Zapalasaurus | 2006 | La Amarga Formation (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian to Aptian) | Argentina | Known from an incomplete skeleton, including several caudal vertebrae | |
Zupaysaurus | 2003 | Los Colorados Formation (Late Triassic, Norian) | Argentina | Although commonly depicted with head crests, they may in fact be misplaced lacrimal bones[67] |
This is a timeline of selected dinosaurs from the list above. Time is measured in Ma, megaannum, along the x-axis. Carnivores are shown in red, herbivores in green and omnivores in blue.
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