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 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() | Only known from a single partial skull | ![]() |
Achillesaurus | 2007 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() | Potentially a junior synonym of Alvarezsaurus [1] | ![]() |
Adamantisaurus | 2006 | Adamantina Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | 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) | ![]() | 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) | ![]() ![]() | Known from the remains of several individuals | ![]() |
Aerosteon | 2009 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() | 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) | ![]() | 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) | ![]() | The oldest alvarezsauroid known from South America | ![]() |
Alvarezsaurus | 1991 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() | One of the largest known alvarezsaurids | ![]() |
Amargasaurus | 1991 | La Amarga Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() | 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) | ![]() | 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) | ![]() | Had tall neural spines on its caudal vertebrae | ![]() |
Amygdalodon | 1947 | Cerro Carnerero Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | ![]() | Its teeth were shaped like almonds | ![]() |
Anabisetia | 2002 | Lisandro Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | Four specimens are known but the skull remains incompletely known | ![]() |
Andesaurus | 1991 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | Several osteological features indicate a basal position within the Titanosauria | ![]() |
Aniksosaurus | 2006 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | Bone bed remains suggest a gregarious lifestyle [7] | ![]() |
Antarctosaurus | 1929 | Adamantina Formation?, Anacleto Formation, Plottier Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian? to Campanian) | ![]() ![]() | 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) | ![]() | Mostly recovered as a megaraptoran [8] but a recent study recovers this genus as a relative of the enigmatic theropod Bahariasaurus [9] | ![]() |
Arackar | 2021 | Hornitos Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | The most complete sauropod known from Chile | ![]() |
Aratasaurus | 2020 | Romualdo Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() | All three of its toes were symmetric | ![]() |
Argentinosaurus | 1993 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | May be the largest known dinosaur | ![]() |
Argyrosaurus | 1893 | Lago Colhué Huapí Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Several remains were historically assigned to this genus, but only the holotype can be confidently assigned to it [10] | ![]() |
Arrudatitan | 2021 | Adamantina Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Its tail probably curved strongly downwards, with the tip held very low to the ground [11] | ![]() |
Asfaltovenator | 2019 | Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | ![]() | Combines traits of both megalosauroids and allosauroids. Its describers suggest paraphyly of the former group [12] | ![]() |
Atacamatitan | 2011 | Tolar Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Only known from a single, fragmentary skeleton | ![]() |
Aucasaurus | 2002 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() | Known from almost the entire skeleton, including most of the skull | ![]() |
Austrocheirus | 2010 | Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Initially described as an abelisauroid but this has been disputed by subsequent research [13] | ![]() |
Austroposeidon | 2016 | Presidente Prudente Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | The largest dinosaur known from Brazil | ![]() |
Austroraptor | 2008 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Possessed an elongated snout paralleling that of spinosaurids | ![]() |
Baalsaurus | 2018 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | ![]() | Had a squared-off dentary with its teeth crowded to the front | ![]() |
Bagualia | 2020 | Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | ![]() | Represents an early radiation of eusauropods that displaced earlier basal sauropodomorphs after a global warming event [14] | ![]() |
Bagualosaurus | 2018 | Santa Maria Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | ![]() | Its hindlimbs were very robust | ![]() |
Bajadasaurus | 2019 | Bajada Colorada Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Valanginian) | ![]() | Possessed elongated, forward-pointing spines erupting in pairs from the neck | ![]() |
Barrosasaurus | 2009 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() | 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, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Originally described from an associated series of nineteen vertebrae. New remains were discovered later [15] | ![]() |
Berthasaura | 2021 | Goio-Erê Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() | Possessed a short, toothless beak, indicating a herbivorous or omnivorous diet | ![]() |
Bicentenaria | 2012 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | Several individuals were preserved together, suggesting a gregarious lifestyle [16] | ![]() |
Bonapartenykus | 2012 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Its holotype was preserved with two eggs that may have been within its oviducts when it died [17] | ![]() |
Bonapartesaurus | 2017 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Belongs to the Austrokritosauria, a clade of hadrosaurids endemic to South America [18] | ![]() |
Bonatitan | 2004 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Analysis of its inner ear suggests a decreased range of head movements compared to other sauropods [19] | ![]() |
Bonitasaura | 2004 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() | 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) | ![]() | Possessed the shortest neck of any known sauropod | ![]() |
Brasilotitan | 2013 | Adamantina Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Had an L-shaped dentary similar to that of Antarctosaurus and Bonitasaura | ![]() |
Bravasaurus | 2020 | Ciénaga del Río Huaco Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Discovered close to a large concentration of titanosaur eggs | ![]() |
Buitreraptor | 2005 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | May have been a pursuit predator due to its long legs [20] | ![]() |
Buriolestes | 2016 | Santa Maria Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | ![]() | Unlike all other sauropodomorphs, it was completely carnivorous, with serrated teeth to match | ![]() |
Bustingorrytitan | 2023 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | Large yet distantly related to other gigantic titanosaurs [21] | ![]() |
Caieiria | 2022 | Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Its caudal vertebrae had an unusual anatomy | ![]() |
Campananeyen | 2024 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | Had a notably pneumatized ilium [22] | ![]() |
Campylodoniscus | 1961 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | Only known from a single maxilla with seven teeth | ![]() |
Carnotaurus | 1985 | La Colonia Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Possessed a pair of short horns on the top of its skull | ![]() |
Cathartesaura | 2005 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | Had a well-muscled neck although it could not move strongly up or down | ![]() |
Chadititan | 2025 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() | Represents a new fossil locality of the Anacleto Formation | ![]() |
Chakisaurus | 2024 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | Known from various partial skeletons belonging to differently-aged individuals | ![]() |
Chilesaurus | 2015 | Toqui Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian) | ![]() | Combines traits of theropods, sauropodomorphs, and ornithischians, with far-reaching implications for the evolution of the Dinosauria | ![]() |
Choconsaurus | 2017 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | One of the most completely known basal titanosaurs | ![]() |
Chromogisaurus | 2010 | Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | ![]() | Its discovery suggests that early dinosaurs were more diverse than previously thought | ![]() |
Chubutisaurus | 1975 | Cerro Barcino Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() | Unusually, its forelimbs were shorter than its hindlimbs [23] | ![]() |
Chucarosaurus | 2023 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | Smaller and more slender than the contemporary Argentinosaurus | ![]() |
Clasmodosaurus | 1898 | Cerro Fortaleza Formation, Mata Amarilla Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Similarly to Bonitasaura , its teeth were polygonal in cross-section | |
Coloradisaurus | 1990 | Los Colorados Formation (Late Triassic, Norian) | ![]() | Originally called Coloradia, although that genus name is preoccupied by a moth | ![]() |
Comahuesaurus | 2012 | Lohan Cura Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() | 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) | ![]() | Closely related to the coeval Piatnitzkysaurus but could be distinguished by several osteological features | ![]() |
Diuqin | 2024 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() | Only known from a humerus and fragmentary vertebrae | ![]() |
Dreadnoughtus | 2014 | Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | The heaviest land animal whose mass can be calculated with reasonable certainty | ![]() |
Drusilasaura | 2011 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | Potentially the oldest known member of the lognkosaurian lineage [24] | ![]() |
Ekrixinatosaurus | 2004 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | Had robust bones, indicating a massive build and a greater resistance to injuries [25] | ![]() |
Elaltitan | 2012 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | Extremely large as indicated by its long femur | ![]() |
Elemgasem | 2022 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | ![]() | The first abelisaurid known from the Turonian-Coniacian interval | ![]() |
Emiliasaura | 2025 | Mulichinco Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian) | ![]() | The oldest known rhabdodontomorph and the first one to be described from South America [26] | ![]() |
Eoabelisaurus | 2012 | Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | ![]() | Shows a transitional arm morphology for an abelisauroid, with a shortened lower arm and hand, along with an unreduced humerus | ![]() |
Eodromaeus | 2011 | Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | ![]() | Well-adapted for cursoriality despite its early age [27] | ![]() |
Eoraptor | 1993 | Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | ![]() | Possessed different types of teeth, suggesting it was omnivorous | ![]() |
Epachthosaurus | 1990 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | Its caudal vertebrae were procoelous, meaning they were concave at the front and convex at the back | ![]() |
Erythrovenator | 2021 | Candelária Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian to Norian) | ![]() | Known from the Riograndia Assemblage Zone, an area which is unusually dominated by cynodonts | ![]() |
Futalognkosaurus | 2007 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian) | ![]() | Possessed meter-deep cervical vertebrae with distinctive shark fin-shaped neural spines | ![]() |
Gasparinisaura | 1996 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() | Known from specimens of both adults and juveniles | ![]() |
Genyodectes | 1901 | Cerro Barcino Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() | Had extremely large and protruding teeth | ![]() |
Giganotosaurus | 1995 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | One of the largest known terrestrial carnivorous dinosaurs | ![]() |
Gnathovorax | 2019 | Santa Maria Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | ![]() | Known from a well-preserved, almost complete skeleton | ![]() |
Gondwanatitan | 1999 | Adamantina Formation, Cambabe Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | For a titanosaur, it had relatively gracile limb bones | |
Gonkoken | 2023 | Dorotea Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | The southernmost basal hadrosauroid known to date. Known from more southern latitudes than true hadrosaurids | ![]() |
Guaibasaurus | 1999 | Caturrita Formation (Late Triassic, Norian) | ![]() | Combines features of both early theropods and sauropodomorphs | ![]() |
Gualicho | 2016 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | Originally described as having highly reduced arms with only two fingers, convergent with tyrannosaurids, although one study suggests that a third finger was present [28] | ![]() |
Guemesia | 2022 | Los Blanquitos Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() | Unlike other abelisaurids, it lacked any ornamentation on its skull [29] | ![]() |
Herrerasaurus | 1963 | Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | ![]() | One of the largest early carnivorous dinosaurs. Usually considered a basal saurischian but may be just outside the Dinosauria [30] | ![]() |
Huallasaurus | 2022 | Los Alamitos Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Remains originally misidentified as belonging to a southern species of Kritosaurus | ![]() |
Huinculsaurus | 2020 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | The youngest known elaphrosaurine | ![]() |
Ibirania | 2022 | São José do Rio Preto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() | May have attained its small size due to its arid inland habitat, unlike other dwarf titanosaurs which were affected by insular dwarfism [31] | ![]() |
Ilokelesia | 1998 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | Its skull retains some basal abelisauroid traits | ![]() |
Inawentu | 2024 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() | 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) | ![]() | One of the earliest known very large sauropodomorphs [32] | ![]() |
Irritator | 1996 | Romualdo Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() | May have been the apex predator of its habitat, hunting both aquatic and terrestrial prey [33] | ![]() |
Isaberrysaura | 2017 | Los Molles Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bajocian) | ![]() | Preserves gut contents including whole seeds | ![]() |
Isasicursor | 2019 | Chorrillo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Four individuals of different ages were found together, suggesting it lived in herds [34] | ![]() |
Itapeuasaurus | 2019 | Alcântara Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | The holotype is known from six vertebrae | ![]() |
Jakapil | 2022 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | May represent a novel lineage of ornithischians characterized by small size, deep jaws and a bipedal stance | ![]() |
Kaijutitan | 2019 | Sierra Barrosa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian) | ![]() | One of the latest-surviving basal titanosaurs | |
Katepensaurus | 2013 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | Distinguished by a certain opening in its dorsal vertebrae | ![]() |
Kelumapusaura | 2022 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Known from the remains of various individuals | ![]() |
Koleken | 2024 | La Colonia Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Contemporary with its larger relative Carnotaurus | ![]() |
Kurupi | 2021 | Marília Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Would have had a stiff tail as indicated by the anatomy of its caudal vertebrae | ![]() |
Lajasvenator | 2020 | Mulichinco Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian) | ![]() | One of the smallest known allosauroids | ![]() |
Lapampasaurus | 2012 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Known from a partial skeleton lacking the skull | |
Laplatasaurus | 1929 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() | Osteoderms have been assigned to this taxon although this referral is uncertain | ![]() |
Laquintasaura | 2014 | La Quinta Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian) | ![]() | One study recovered it as a basal thyreophoran [35] despite the fact no osteoderms have been found | ![]() |
Lavocatisaurus | 2018 | Rayoso Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() | May have possessed a keratinous beak [36] | ![]() |
Leinkupal | 2014 | Bajada Colorada Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Valanginian) | ![]() | The youngest known diplodocid | ![]() |
Leonerasaurus | 2011 | Las Leoneras Formation (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian to Toarcian) | ![]() | Has an unusual combination of basal and derived traits | ![]() |
Lessemsaurus | 1999 | Los Colorados Formation (Late Triassic, Norian) | ![]() | Grew very large despite lacking the anatomical traits usually seen as a support for gigantism [32] | ![]() |
Leyesaurus | 2011 | Quebrada del Barro Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Toarcian) | ![]() | Had an unusually small skull | ![]() |
Ligabueino | 1996 | La Amarga Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() | Known from a single, very small skeleton belonging to a juvenile animal | |
Ligabuesaurus | 2006 | Lohan Cura Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() | Its forelimbs were extremely long, with similar proportions to those of brachiosaurids [37] | ![]() |
Limaysaurus | 2004 | Candeleros Formation, Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | Possessed elongated neural spines on its dorsal vertebrae | ![]() |
Llukalkan | 2021 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() | May have had a keen sense of hearing due to the shape of its ear [38] | |
Loncosaurus | 1899 | Cardiel Formation, Metasiete Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Poorly known | |
Loricosaurus | 1929 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Potentially synonymous with Neuquensaurus or Saltasaurus | |
Lucianovenator | 2017 | Quebrada del Barro Formation (Late Triassic, Norian to Rhaetian) | ![]() | One of the few theropods known from the Rhaetian | ![]() |
Macrocollum | 2018 | Candelária Formation (Late Triassic, Norian) | ![]() | One of the oldest sauropodomorphs with an extremely elongated neck | ![]() |
Macrogryphosaurus | 2007 | Sierra Barrosa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian) | ![]() | Preserves a series of mineralized plates along the side of the torso | ![]() |
Mahuidacursor | 2019 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() | Its holotype was sexually mature but not fully grown | |
Maip | 2022 | Chorrillo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | The largest, youngest and most completely known megaraptoran | ![]() |
Malarguesaurus | 2008 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | ![]() | Large and robustly built | |
Manidens | 2011 | Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | ![]() | May have been arboreal due to the structure of its feet, with toes adapted for grasping [39] | ![]() |
Mapusaurus | 2006 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | At least seven specimens of different growth stages are known, possibly suggesting that this taxon lived and/or hunted in packs | ![]() |
Maxakalisaurus | 2006 | Adamantina Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Unusually for a sauropod, it had ridged teeth | ![]() |
Megaraptor | 1998 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | ![]() | Possessed a large, strongly curved claw on its first finger | ![]() |
Mendozasaurus | 2003 | Sierra Barrosa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian) | ![]() | Had spherical osteoderms that were probably located in rows along the flanks [40] | ![]() |
Menucocelsior | 2022 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Coexisted with multiple other titanosaurs that may have niche-partitioned [41] | |
Meraxes | 2022 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | Possessed reduced forelimbs convergent with several other groups of theropods | ![]() |
Microcoelus | 1893 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() | May be a synonym of Neuquensaurus | ![]() |
Mirischia | 2004 | Romualdo Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() | Its holotype preserves an intestine | |
Murusraptor | 2016 | Sierra Barrosa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian) | ![]() | Had a brain morphology similar to that of tyrannosaurids but its sensory capabilities were closer to the level of allosauroids [42] | ![]() |
Mussaurus | 1979 | Laguna Colorada Formation (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian) | ![]() | Multiple specimens from different growth stages are known. Juveniles may have been quadrupedal and shifted to bipedality as adults [43] | ![]() |
Muyelensaurus | 2007 | Plottier Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian to Santonian) | ![]() | Relatively gracile for a titanosaur | |
Narambuenatitan | 2011 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() | Its neural spines are very similar to those of Epachthosaurus | ![]() |
Neuquenraptor | 2005 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian) | ![]() | Potentially synonymous with Unenlagia [44] | ![]() |
Neuquensaurus | 1992 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() | One of the smallest known titanosaurs | ![]() |
Nhandumirim | 2019 | Santa Maria Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | ![]() | Originally described as a theropod [45] but has since been reinterpreted as a sauropodomorph [46] | ![]() |
Niebla | 2020 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Had a uniquely built scapulocoracoid very similar to that of Carnotaurus | ![]() |
Ninjatitan | 2021 | Bajada Colorada Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Valanginian) | ![]() | The oldest known titanosaur | |
Noasaurus | 1980 | Lecho Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Originally mistakenly believed to have possessed a dromaeosaurid-like sickle claw | ![]() |
Nopcsaspondylus | 2007 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | Named from a single, lost vertebra | ![]() |
Notoceratops | 1918 | Lago Colhué Huapí Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Originally described as a ceratopsian but this identity is today doubted | ![]() |
Notocolossus | 2016 | Plottier Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian to Santonian) | ![]() | Unusually for a sauropod, its unguals were truncated | ![]() |
Notohypsilophodon | 1998 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | Only known from a juvenile skeleton without the skull | ![]() |
Nullotitan | 2019 | Chorrillo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Would have niche-partitioned with smaller ornithopods | ![]() |
Orkoraptor | 2008 | Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() | Had highly specialized dentition similar to that of coelurosaurs | ![]() |
Overoraptor | 2020 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | Shows adaptations for both flight and cursoriality | ![]() |
Overosaurus | 2013 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() | One of the smallest known aeolosaurins | ![]() |
Padillasaurus | 2015 | Paja Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() | Originally described as a brachiosaurid [47] although it could also be a somphospondylian [48] | ![]() |
Pampadromaeus | 2011 | Santa Maria Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | ![]() | Some features of its jaws are similar to those of theropods | ![]() |
Pamparaptor | 2011 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | ![]() | Had a troodontid-like metatarsal | ![]() |
Panamericansaurus | 2010 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Known from a single partial skeleton | |
Pandoravenator | 2017 | Cañadón Calcáreo Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian) | ![]() | Inconsistent in phylogenetic placement | |
Panphagia | 2009 | Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | ![]() | Was omnivorous as indicated by its heterodont dentition | ![]() |
Patagonykus | 1996 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | ![]() | Its discovery allowed researchers to connect Alvarezsaurus to parvicursorines [49] | ![]() |
Patagopelta | 2022 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Although originally described as a nodosaurid, later analyses recover it as a parankylosaurian [50] | ![]() |
Patagosaurus | 1979 | Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | ![]() | 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) | ![]() | One of the largest dinosaurs known from reasonably complete remains | ![]() |
Pellegrinisaurus | 1996 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | May have lived inland unlike other contemporaneous titanosaurs [51] | ![]() |
Perijasaurus | 2022 | La Quinta Formation (Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic, Toarcian to Aalenian) | ![]() | Only known from a single vertebra | ![]() |
Petrobrasaurus | 2011 | Plottier Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian to Santonian) | ![]() | Shares somes features with lognkosaurs, but its membership within this clade cannot be confirmed | ![]() |
Piatnitzkysaurus | 1979 | Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | ![]() | One of the few early theropods with a well-preserved braincase | ![]() |
Pilmatueia | 2019 | Mulichinco Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian) | ![]() | Had elongated spines on its cervical vertebrae, although they were not as tall as those of Amargasaurus and Bajadasaurus [52] | ![]() |
Pitekunsaurus | 2008 | Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() | Known from several bones from different parts of the body, including a braincase | ![]() |
Powellvenator | 2017 | Los Colorados Formation (Late Triassic, Norian) | ![]() | Some of this genus' remains were originally associated with those of a pseudosuchian [53] | |
Puertasaurus | 2005 | Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Large but only known from very few remains | ![]() |
Punatitan | 2020 | Ciénaga del Río Huaco Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Contemporary with Bravasaurus but was most likely distantly related [54] | |
Pycnonemosaurus | 2002 | Cachoeira do Bom Jardim Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Potentially the largest known abelisaurid [55] | ![]() |
Quetecsaurus | 2014 | Lisandro Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() | Its humerus has a unique shape | ![]() |
Quilmesaurus | 2001 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Had proportionally robust legs despite its small size | ![]() |
Rayososaurus | 1996 | Candeleros Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | Very similar to Rebbachisaurus despite being only known from scant remains | ![]() |
Rinconsaurus | 2003 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() | Unusually, its caudal vertebrae had a repeating pattern of procoely, amphicoely, opisthocoely and biconvex states | ![]() |
Riojasaurus | 1969 | Los Colorados Formation (Late Triassic, Norian) | ![]() | Although commonly depicted as quadrupedal, the structure of its shoulder girdle suggests it may have potentially been bipedal | ![]() |
Rocasaurus | 2000 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Small for a sauropod yet was very robust | ![]() |
Saltasaurus | 1980 | Lecho Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Possessed osteoderms in the form of large round nodules connected by a mass of smaller plates | ![]() |
Sanjuansaurus | 2010 | Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | ![]() | Coexisted with Herrerasaurus but most likely represents a separate taxon | ![]() |
Santanaraptor | 1999 | Romualdo Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() | Preserves soft tissues including the remains of skin, muscle and possibly blood vessels [56] [57] | ![]() |
Sarmientosaurus | 2016 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | 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) | ![]() | Known from at least three partial skeletons | ![]() |
Secernosaurus | 1979 | Lago Colhué Huapí Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Would have lived in an arid gypsum desert [58] | ![]() |
Sektensaurus | 2019 | Lago Colhué Huapí Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() | The first non-hadrosaurid ornithopod recovered from central Patagonia | |
Sidersaura | 2024 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | One of the largest known rebbachisaurids | ![]() |
Skorpiovenator | 2009 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | Had an unusually short, deep skull | ![]() |
Spectrovenator | 2020 | Quiricó Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() | Its holotype was found underneath a sauropod skeleton | ![]() |
Staurikosaurus | 1970 | Santa Maria Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian) | ![]() | May have been a rare component of its environment as only two specimens are known | ![]() |
Stegouros | 2021 | Dorotea Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | 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) | ![]() | Closely related to ceratosaurs and tetanurans [59] | ![]() |
Talenkauen | 2004 | Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | May have practiced parental care as an adult and a hatchling have been found together | ![]() |
Tapuiasaurus | 2011 | Quiricó Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() | One of the few titanosaurs from which a complete skull is known | ![]() |
Taurovenator | 2016 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() | Originally known from a single postorbital. Additional remains were described in 2024 [60] | ![]() |
Tehuelchesaurus | 1999 | Cañadón Calcáreo Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian) | ![]() | Preserves impressions of scaly skin | ![]() |
Thanos | 2020 | São José do Rio Preto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() | Only known from a single vertebra. The generic name honors the Marvel Comics villain Thanos | ![]() |
Tiamat | 2024 | Açu Formation (Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian). | ![]() | Named after a Mesopotamian goddess | ![]() |
Tietasaura | 2024 | Marfim Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Hauterivian). | ![]() | The first unambiguous ornithischian genus described from Brazil [61] | ![]() |
Titanomachya | 2024 | La Colonia Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | The morphology of its astragalus is intermediate between members of the Colossosauria and Saltasauroidea [62] | ![]() |
Tralkasaurus | 2020 | Huincul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | Exhibits a conflicting blend of characteristics from basal and derived abelisauroids | |
Tratayenia | 2018 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() | One of the youngest known megaraptorans [63] | ![]() |
Traukutitan | 2011 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() | Retained basal features in its caudal vertebrae despite its late age | |
Trigonosaurus | 2005 | Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Potentially synonymous with Baurutitan [15] | ![]() |
Triunfosaurus | 2017 | Rio Piranhas Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Valanginian) | ![]() | Originally described as a titanosaur [64] but similarities have been noted with basal somphospondylians [65] | |
Tyrannotitan | 2005 | Cerro Barcino Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() | Unlike other carcharodontosaurids, its sacral and caudal vertebrae were not pneumatic | ![]() |
Uberabatitan | 2008 | Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Several individuals are known, some of which are very large | ![]() |
Udelartitan | 2024 | Guichón Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() | Known from at least two fragmentary specimens | ![]() |
Unaysaurus | 2004 | Caturrita Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian to Norian) | ![]() | Described as the first plateosaurid-grade sauropodomorph from Brazil | ![]() |
Unenlagia | 1997 | Portezuelo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian) | ![]() | Could potentially be adapted for flapping due to the structure of its shoulder girdle [66] | ![]() |
Unquillosaurus | 1979 | Los Blanquitos Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | Has been suggested to be a dromaeosaurid [67] or a carcharodontosaurid [68] | |
Velocisaurus | 1991 | Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() | Unusually, its third metatarsal is the thickest, which may be an adaptation to running | ![]() |
Vespersaurus | 2019 | Rio Paraná Formation (Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Aptian to Campanian) | ![]() | 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) | ![]() | May have relied on quick movements of its head and gaze stabilization when hunting | ![]() |
Volkheimeria | 1979 | Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | ![]() | Coexisted with at least four other eusauropods | |
Willinakaqe | 2010 | Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() | As originally described, it represented a chimera of two different taxa, one of which was later named Bonapartesaurus [69] | ![]() |
Xenotarsosaurus | 1986 | Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() | Had an unusually-shaped astragalus and calcaneum | ![]() |
Yamanasaurus | 2019 | Río Playas Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | The northernmost saltasaurine known to date [54] | ![]() |
Ypupiara | 2021 | Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() | May have been a piscivore due to the shape of its teeth [70] | ![]() |
Zapalasaurus | 2006 | La Amarga Formation (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian to Aptian) | ![]() | Known from an incomplete skeleton, including several caudal vertebrae | ![]() |
Zupaysaurus | 2003 | Los Colorados Formation (Late Triassic, Norian) | ![]() | Although commonly depicted with head crests, they may in fact be misplaced lacrimal bones [71] | ![]() |
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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