Genera

Epachthosaurus

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Epachthosaurus

“heavy lizard”

[ Measurements | Time | Place | Remains | Essay ]

CLASSIFICATION

Epachthosaurus
J. E. Powell, 1990
a.k.a EpachtosaurusTYPE SPECIES:
E. sciuttoi J. E. Powell, 1990

Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Macronaria Titanosauria

MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 15 m to 20 m

see also: World Records

TIME

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

PLACE

Argentina

see also: Paleo-Maps

REMAINS

MC 11098 [holotype]: skull lacking tip of snout, much of jaws, & parts of roofåMACN-CH 1317 [holotype]: partial dorsal vertebra
MACN 18689: 6 posterior dorsal vertebrae, fragmentary sacrum, ilium fragment, pubis
well-preserved specimen

see also: Anatomy

ESSAY

A newer, well-preserved specimen of this animal may show that Epachthosaurus is an unarmored(!) titanosaur, as the specimen lack osteoderms.