Argentinosaurus
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| Argentinosaurus Fossil range: Upper Cretaceous |
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A. huinculensis Bonaparte & Coria, 1993 (type) |
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Argentinosaurus was a titanosaurid sauropod dinosaur. It was an enormous, long-necked, long-tailed, quadrupedal, plant-eater from Argentina, South America during the Cretaceous period.
Argentinosaurus meaning "Argentina Lizard", was named by paleontologists Coria & José Bonaparte in 1993. It is known from fossilized back vertebrae, tibia, ribs and sacrum. It may be the largest dinosaur.
