Brachytrachelopan mesai

 

 

Published

25 August 2022

Last Updated

25 August 2022

Brachytrachelopan mesai was a bizarre short-necked sauropod dinosaur that inhabited the Chubut province of Argentina during the Late Jurassic period, approximately 150 million years ago.


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Period Jurassic
Age 150 million years old
Diet Herbivore
Height 2m at the hips
Length 10 metres
Weight roughly 1.5 tonnes
Discovered at Canadón Calcáreo Formation, Chubut, Argentina (2005).
Discovered by Oliver Rauhut, Pablo Puerta et al (holotype MEF)

 

 

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