List of South American dinosaurs

This is a list of dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...

s whose remains have been recovered from South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

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Name	Period	Diet	Notes
Abelisaurus Abelisaurus Abelisaurus is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. It was a bipedal carnivore that probably reached 7 to 9 meters in length, although it is known from only one partial skull.The generic name recognizes Roberto Abel as the...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Achillesaurus Achillesaurus Achillesaurus is a genus of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaur from the Santonian-age Upper Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Rio Negro, Argentina. It was a relatively large, basal alvarezsaurid, and a contemporary of Alvarezsaurus...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Adamantisaurus Adamantisaurus Adamantisaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. It is only known from six tail vertebrae but, as a sauropod, it can be assumed that this dinosaur was a very large animal with a long neck and tail...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Adeopapposaurus Adeopapposaurus Adeopapposaurus is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Cañón del Colorado Formation of San Juan, Argentina. It was similar to Massospondylus. Four partial skeletons with two partial skulls are known.The type specimen, PVSJ568, includes a skull and most of a skeleton to just...	Jurassic	herbivore	—
Aeolosaurus Aeolosaurus Aeolosaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. Like most sauropods, it would have been a quadrupedal herbivore with a long neck and tail...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Aerosteon Aerosteon Aerosteon is a genus of allosauroid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of Argentina. Its remains were discovered in 1996 in the Anacleto Formation, dating to the Santonian stage . The type and only known species is A. riocoloradensis...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Agustinia Agustinia Agustinia is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of South America. Like all known sauropods, it was quadrupedal and herbivorous. Although some sauropods are known to have body armor, Agustinias armor was unique even among sauropods...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Alvarezsaurus Alvarezsaurus Alvarezsaurus is a genus of small alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of Argentina, approximately 86 - 83 million years ago. Estimates suggest that it measured about 2 meters in length and weighed approximately 20 kg...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Amargasaurus Amargasaurus Amargasaurus is a genus of dicraeosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. It was small for a sauropod, reaching 10 meters length. It would have been a quadrupedal herbivore with a long, low skull on the end of a long neck, much like its relative...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Amargatitanis Amargatitanis Amargatitanis is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the Barremian-age La Amarga Formation of Neuquén, Argentina...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Amazonsaurus Amazonsaurus Amazonsaurus is a genus of diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. It would have been a large-bodied quadrupedal herbivore with a long neck and whiplash tail...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Amygdalodon Amygdalodon Amygdalodon was a genus of herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck. It is a nomen dubium. The dinosaur itself is from the Bajocian stage of the Jurassic, and only a few bone fragments and teeth have been discovered...	Jurassic	herbivore	—
Anabisetia Anabisetia Anabisetia is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of Patagonia, South America. It was a small bipedal herbivore, almost seven feet long....	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Andesaurus Andesaurus Andesaurus is a genus of basal titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur which existed during the middle of the Cretaceous Period in South America. Like most sauropods, it would have had a small head on the end of a long neck and an equally long tail...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Angaturama	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Aniksosaurus Aniksosaurus Aniksosaurus was a genus of dinosaur from what is now present-day Chubut Province, Argentina. It was a theropod, specifically a coelurosaur, which lived in the middle Cretaceous period...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Antarctosaurus Antarctosaurus Antarctosaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. The type species, A. wichmannianus, was described by prolific German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene in 1929, who also described a second species in 1929. Three additional...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Argentinosaurus Argentinosaurus Argentinosaurus is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur first discovered by Guillermo Heredia in Argentina. The generic name refers to the country in which it was discovered...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Argyrosaurus Argyrosaurus Argyrosaurus is a genus of herbivorous titanosaurid dinosaur that lived about 90 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America . It was one of the largest dinosaurs, having a length of up to 20–30 metres and a weight estimated as high as eighty tonnes...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Atacamatitan Atacamatitan Atacamatitan is a genus of sauropod dinosaur. It is a titanosaur which lived during the late Cretaceous in what is now northern Chile. It is known from the holotype SGO-PV-961, which includes two dorsal vertebrae, caudal vertebrae, ribs, a possible sternum, part of an upper arm, the right femur,...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Aucasaurus Aucasaurus Aucasaurus was a genus of medium-sized theropod dinosaur from Argentina that lived during the Santonian stage . It was smaller than the related Carnotaurus, although more derived in some ways, such as its extremely reduced arms and almost total lack of fingers.The type skeleton is complete to the...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Austrocheirus Austrocheirus Austrocheirus is an extinct genus of neoceratosaurian theropod dinosaur which existed during the late Cretaceous period. It was named and described by Martín Ezcurra, Federico Agnolin and Fernando Novas in 2010. It contains the type species Austrocheirus isasii. The generic name means "southern hand"...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Austroraptor Austroraptor Austroraptor was a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived about 70 million years ago during the Cretaceous period in what is now modern Argentina. The type species for the genus, Austroraptor cabazai, was described in late 2008 by Fernando Novas of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Barrosasaurus Barrosasaurus Barrosasaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur, first described by Leonardo Salgado and Rodolfo Coria in 2009. The fossils, consisting of three fossil dorsal vertebrae, are well-preserved but incomplete. They were discovered in the Anacleto Formation of the Neuquén province of western...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Baurutitan Baurutitan Baurutitan was a genus of sauropod dinosaur that appeared in the Late Cretaceous Period. This plant eater grew up to 79 feet long. It was a titanosaur which lived in what is now present-day Brazil....	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Bayosaurus Bayosaurus "Bayosaurus" is the informal name given to an as yet undescribed genus of dinosaur. The name was coined by paleontologists Rodolfo Coria, Philip J. Currie, and Paulina Carabajal in 2006. "Bayosaurus" appears on several on-line lists of dinosaurs...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Bonatitan Bonatitan Bonatitan is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur from Argentina. It lived during the Late Cretaceous. The type species is Bonatitan reigi, first described by Martinelli and Forasiepi in 2004. The specific epithet honours Osvaldo Reig...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Bonitasaura Bonitasaura Bonitasaura is a titanosaurian dinosaur hailing from uppermost layers of the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Neuquen Group, located in Río Negro Province, Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Brachytrachelopan Brachytrachelopan Brachytrachelopan is an unusual short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the latest Jurassic Period of Argentina. The holotype and only known specimen was collected from an erosional exposure of fluvial sandstone within the Cañadón Cálcero Formation on a hill approximately 25 km north-northeast...	Jurassic	herbivore	—
Buitreraptor Buitreraptor Buitreraptor is a predatory dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Argentina.Buitreraptor was described in 2005. The type species is Buitreraptor gonzalezorum...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Campylodoniscus Campylodoniscus Campylodoniscus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now Argentina.The type species was first named and described by Friedrich von Huene in 1929 as Campylodon ameghinoi, the genus name meaning 'bent tooth', from Greek καμπυλος, 'bent' or 'curved' and ὀδών...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Carnotaurus Carnotaurus Carnotaurus was a large predatory dinosaur. Only one species, Carnotaurus sastrei has been described so far.Carnotaurus lived in Patagonia, Argentina during the Campanian or Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Cathartesaura Cathartesaura Cathartesaura is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur hailing from the Late Cretaceous strata of the Huincul Formation located in the "La Buitrera" locality, Río Negro Province, Argentina. The fossil remains, described by Gallina and Apesteguía in 2005, consist of a partial skeleton...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Chromogisaurus Chromogisaurus Chromogisaurus is a sauropodomorph which existed in Argentina during the late Triassic period.Chromogisaurus was first named by Martín Daniel Ezcurra in 2010, and the type species is Chromogisaurus novasi. The generic name is derived from Greek chroma, "colour", and gè, "earth", a reference to the...	Triassic	unknown	—
Chubutisaurus Chubutisaurus Chubutisaurus is a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period. It lived in South America. It is classified as a sauropod, specifically one of the titanosaurs. The type species, C. insignis, was described by del Corro in 1975. Its fossils were found in the Cerro Barcino Formation, Albian...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Clasmodosaurus Clasmodosaurus Clasmodosaurus was a genus of dinosaur, probably a sauropod. It lived during the Cretaceous in what is now Argentina. It is considered a nomen dubium because it is known only from fossilized teeth, and is therefore a tooth taxon....	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Coloradisaurus Coloradisaurus Coloradisaurus is a genus of massospondylid sauropodomorph dinosaur. It lived during the Late Triassic period in what is now La Rioja Province, Argentina. It is known from the holotype PVL 5904, nearly complete skull...	Triassic	herbivore	—
Condorraptor Condorraptor Condorraptor is a genus of megalosauroid theropod dinosaur. It lived during the Middle Jurassic in what is now Argentina, Canadon Asfalto Formation. The type species, described in 2005, is Condorraptor currumili. It is based on a tibia, with an associated partial skeleton that may belong to the...	Jurassic	carnivore	—
Domeykosaurus Domeykosaurus "Domeykosaurus" is the informal name given to an undescribed genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a sauropod, more specifically a titanosaur. Its fossils were found in Chile by paleontologists David Rubilar and Alexander Vargas in 2003...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Drusilasaura Drusilasaura Drusilasaura is an extinct genus of possible lognkosaurian titanosaur sauropod which lived during the late Cretaceous of Santa Cruz Province of southern Patagonia, Argentina....	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Ekrixinatosaurus Ekrixinatosaurus Ekrixinatosaurus is a genus of dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous. It was a theropod believed to be one of the abelisaurs. Its fossils have been found in Argentina...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Eodromaeus Eodromaeus Eodromaeus is an extinct genus of basal theropod dinosaur known from the Late Triassic period of Argentina. It has been cited by Sereno as resembling a supposed common ancestor to all dinosaurs, the "Eve" of the dinosaurs....	Triassic	carnivore	—
Eoraptor Eoraptor Eoraptor was one of the world's earliest dinosaurs. It was a two-legged saurischian, close to the ancestry of theropods and sauropodomorphs. It lived ca. 231.4 million years ago, in what is now the northwestern region of Argentina...	Triassic	omnivore	The earliest known theropod.
Epachthosaurus Epachthosaurus Epachthosaurus was a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a titanosaurid sauropod. Its fossils have been found in Central and Northern Patagonia in South America....	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Futalognkosaurus	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Gasparinisaura Gasparinisaura Gasparinisaura is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils were found in Argentina. The type species, Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis, was described in 1996 by Coria and Salgado. Originally classified as an iguanodont, recent research indicates it is more basal...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Genyodectes Genyodectes Genyodectes is a genus of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of South America. The holotype material was collected from the Cañadón Grande, Departamento Paso de Indios in the Chubut Province of Argentina and consists of an incomplete snout, including the premaxillae,...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Giganotosaurus Giganotosaurus Giganotosaurus is a genus of carcharodontosaurid dinosaur that lived around 97 million years ago during the early Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period. It included some of the largest known terrestrial carnivores, slightly larger than the largest Tyrannosaurus, but smaller than the...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Gondwanatitan Gondwanatitan Gondwanatitan was a titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur. Gondwanatitan was found in Brazil, at the time part of the southern supercontinent Gondwana , in the late Cretaceous Period . Like some other sauropods, Gondwanatitan was tall and ate tough shoots and leaves off of the tops of trees. G...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Guaibasaurus Guaibasaurus Guaibasaurus is an extinct genus of basal dinosaur known from the Triassic of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.-Discovery:Guaibasaurus was originally named on the basis of the holotype, MCN PV2355, a well-preserved partial postcranial skeleton and the paratype, MCN PV2356, an...	Triassic	unknown	—
Herrerasaurus Herrerasaurus Herrerasaurus was one of the earliest dinosaurs. All known specimens of this carnivore have been discovered in rocks of late Ladinian age in northwestern Argentina...	Triassic	carnivore	—
Ilokelesia Ilokelesia Ilokelesia is a primitive abelisaur found in 1991, preserved in the layers of the earliest Late Cretaceous of the Río Limay Formation, Neuquén Group, located near Plaza Huincul, Neuquén Province, Argentina. The specimen, consisting of very fragmentary elements of the skull, the axial and the...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Irritator Irritator Irritator is a genus of spinosaurid dinosaur that lived in the early Cretaceous Period , around 110 million years ago. Current estimations indicate a length of 8 meters . It was found in Brazil...	Cretaceous	carnivore	Could be synonymous with Angaturama
Laplatasaurus Laplatasaurus Laplatasaurus is a genus of titanosaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous in South America....	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Leonerasaurus Leonerasaurus Leonerasaurus is a basal genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur. Currently, there is only one species known, named L. taquetrensis by Diego Pol, Alberto Garrido and Ignacio A. Cerda in 2011. The fossil, an incomplete subadult individual, was found in the Las Leoneras Formation in Argentina. This...	Triassic or Jurassic	herbivore	—
Lessemsaurus Lessemsaurus Lessemsaurus is an extinct genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur named for the writer of popular science books Don Lessem. The type species, L. sauropoides, was formally described by José Fernando Bonaparte in 1999...	Triassic	herbivore	—
Ligabueino Ligabueino Ligabueino is a genus of noasaurid dinosaur named after Italian doctor Giancario Ligabue. It is known only from an extremely fragmentary specimen, measuring 70 cm long. In spite of initial reports that it was an adult, the unfused vertebrae indicate that the specimen was a juvenile...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Ligabuesaurus Ligabuesaurus Ligabuesaurus is a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous . It was a basal titanosaurid sauropod which lived in what is now Argentina. The type species, Ligabuesaurus leanzai, was described by Jose Bonaparte, Gonzalez Riga, and Sebastián Apesteguía in 2006, based on a partial skeleton...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Limaysaurus Limaysaurus Limaysaurus is a herbivorous rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of northwestern Patagonia.Limaysaurus includes a single type species, Limaysaurus tessonei, which was originally referred to the genus Rebbachisaurus as Rebbachisaurus tessonei by Jorge Calvo and Leonardo...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Loncosaurus Loncosaurus Loncosaurus was a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina. The type species is Loncosaurus argentinus, described by the famous Argentinian paleontologist Florentino Ameghino, but is considered a dubious name...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Macrogryphosaurus Macrogryphosaurus Macrogryphosaurus is a genus of basal iguanodont dinosaur from the Turonian-early Coniacian age Upper Cretaceous Portezuelo Formation of Patagonia, Argentina. It was described by Jorge Calvo and colleagues, with M...	Cretaceous	herbivore	iguanodont Iguanodont Iguanodonts were herbivorous dinosaurs that lived from the mid-Jurassic to Late Cretaceous. Some members include Camptosaurus, Callovosaurus, Iguanodon, Ouranosaurus, and the hadrosaurids or "duck-billed dinosaurs". Iguanodonts were one of the first groups of dinosaurs to be found...
Malarguesaurus Malarguesaurus Malarguesaurus is a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Its fossils, consisting of tail vertebrae, chevrons, ribs, and limb bones, were found in the late Turonian-early Coniacian-age Portezuelo Formation of the Neuquén Group...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Manidens Manidens Manidens is a genus of heterodontosaurid dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Patagonia. Fossils have been found from the Cañadon Asfalto Formation in Chubut Province, Argentina, dating to the Bajocian.-Etymology:...	Jurassic	herbivore	—
Mapusaurus Mapusaurus Mapusaurus was a giant carnosaurian dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous of what is now Argentina. It was similar in size to its close relative Giganotosaurus, with the largest known individuals estimated as over in length and weighing approximately...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Maxakalisaurus Maxakalisaurus Maxakalisaurus is a genus of aeolosaurid dinosaur, found in Brazil, 45 kilometers from the city of Prata, in the state of Minas Gerais in 1998...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Megaraptor Megaraptor Megaraptor is a genus of large theropod dinosaur that lived in the Coniacian stage of the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils have been discovered in the Patagonian region of Argentina...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Mendozasaurus Mendozasaurus Mendozasaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur. It was a member of Titanosauria, which were massive sauropods that were common on the southern landmasses during the Cretaceous period....	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Mirischia Mirischia Mirischia is a small extinct genus of compsognathid dinosaur from the Albian stage of Brazil. Though presently known only from a pelvis and incomplete hind limbs, it preserves enough information to show that it should be recognized as a distinct species...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Mussaurus Mussaurus Mussaurus was a genus of herbivorous prosauropod dinosaur that lived in southern Argentina during the Late Triassic Period, about 215 million years ago...	Triassic	herbivore	—
Muyelensaurus Muyelensaurus Muyelensaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. It was more slender than other titanosaurs. Fossils have been recovered from the Neuquén province in Patagonia. The type species is M. pecheni...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Narambuenatitan Narambuenatitan Narambuenatitan is a genus of lithostrotian titanosaur sauropod from late Cretaceous deposits of northern Patagonia of Argentina. Narambuenatitan is known from the holotype MAU-Pv-N-425, an incomplete skeleton. It was collected in 2005 and 2006 from the Anacleto Formation in northern Patagonia....	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Neuquenraptor Neuquenraptor Neuquenraptor is a dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur of the Late Cretaceous of Argentina, one of the first dromaeosaurids found in the Southern Hemisphere....	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Neuquensaurus Neuquensaurus Neuquensaurus is a genus of saltasaurid sauropod dinosaur that appeared in the Late Cretaceous, 71 million years ago in Argentina and Uruguay in South America...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Noasaurus Noasaurus Noasaurus is the name given to a carnivorous dinosaur genus of the late Campanian-Maastrichtian...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Nopcsaspondylus Nopcsaspondylus Nopcsaspondylus is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Coniacian-age Candeleros Formation of Neuquén, Argentina. It is based on a now-lost back vertebra described by Nopcsa in 1902 but not named at the time...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Notoceratops Notoceratops Notoceratops is the name given to a dubious genus of dinosaur based on a toothless dentary from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia , probably dating from the Campanian and about 77 million years old.-Discovery and naming:In 1918 Augusto Tapia named the type species Notoceratops Bonarellii...	Cretaceous	herbivore	Only a partial jaw was found and later lost, it's uncertain whether it was actually a ceratopsian. If so it would be the only one known from South America.
Notohypsilophodon Notohypsilophodon Notohypsilophodon was a genus of hypsilophodont ornithopod dinosaur. It was described as the only hypsilophodont known from South America, although this assessment is not universally supported, and Gasparinisaura is now believed to have been a hypsilophodont as well...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Orkoraptor Orkoraptor Orkoraptor is a genus of large theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of Argentina. It is known from incomplete fossil remains including parts of the skull, teeth, tail vertebrae, and a partial tibia. The specialized teeth resemble those of some maniraptoriform theropods, namely the...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Oxalaia Oxalaia Oxalaia is a genus of carnivorous theropod. It is a spinosaurine spinosaurid which lived during the late Cretaceous in what is now Brazil....	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Pamparaptor Pamparaptor Pamparaptor is an extinct genus of carnivorous deinonychosaur from the late Cretaceous period. It is a basal dromaeosaurid with troodontid-like pes which lived during the late Cretaceous period in what is now Neuquén province, Patagonia, Argentina. It is known from the holotype MUCPv-1163, an...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Panamericansaurus Panamericansaurus Panamericansaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. It is very similar to the closely related Aeolosaurus, differing only in details of the vertebrae....	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Panphagia Panphagia Panphagia is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur described in 2009. It lived 231 million years ago, during the late Ladinian age of the mid Triassic period , in what is now northwestern Argentina...	Triassic	omnivore	—
Patagonykus Patagonykus Patagonykus is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina. This alvarezsaur was discovered in exposures of the Portezuelo Member of the Rio Neuquen Formation in the Neuquen Province of Argentina...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Patagosaurus Patagosaurus Patagosaurus was a large herbivorous dinosaur from the long-necked group Sauropoda. It reached a length of 18 meters. Similar to other primitive eusauropods, it was rather heavily built and similar to Cetiosaurus in general appearance. It is known from a dozen individuals, though some referred...	Jurassic	herbivore	—
Pellegrinisaurus Pellegrinisaurus Pellegrinisaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a titanosaur which lived in what is now Argentina. The type species, Pellegrinisaurus powelli, was described by Salgado in 1996, and is based on mostly vertebrae...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Petrobrasaurus Petrobrasaurus Petrobrasaurus is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur. It is a titanosaur which lived during the upper Cretaceous period in what is now Rincón de los Sauces, Patagonia, Argentina. It is known from the holotype MAU-Pv-PH-449 — a partial disarticulated skeleton recovered from the Plottier...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Piatnitzkysaurus Piatnitzkysaurus Piatnitzkysaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur. It is known from the Canadon Asfalto Formation, Middle Jurassic of what is now Argentina. Once thought to be a basal carnosaur, it may instead be a megalosauroid...	Jurassic	carnivore	—
Pisanosaurus Pisanosaurus Pisanosaurus is a genus of primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic of what is now South America. It was a bipedal herbivore described by Argentine paleontologist Rodolfo Casamiquela in 1967. Only one species, the type, Pisanosaurus mertii, is known, based on a single partial skeleton...	Triassic	herbivore	—
Pitekunsaurus Pitekunsaurus Pitekunsaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Neuquén, Argentina. It was described by L. Filippi and A. Garrido in 2008. The type species is P. macayai...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Puertasaurus Puertasaurus Puertasaurus is a genus of titanosaurid sauropod that appeared during the Late Cretaceous. It lived in what is now Patagonia. The type species, Puertasaurus reuili, is named in honor of Pablo Puerta and Santiago Reuil, the co-discoverers in January 2001 of the specimen...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Pycnonemosaurus Pycnonemosaurus Pycnonemosaurus is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur that belonged to the family Abelisauridae. It was found in the Upper Cretaceous Bauru-type red conglomerate sandstone, in the Mato Grosso, in Brazil and lived about 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous .Thus far, fossil...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Quilmesaurus Quilmesaurus Quilmesaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Patagonian Upper Cretaceous , a time when South American theropod assemblages were dominated by abelisaurids and carcharodontosaurs. However, the morphology of Quilmesaurus suggests it may have been a tetanuran...	Cretaceous	(unknown)	—
Rayososaurus Rayososaurus Rayososaurus is a genus of plant-eating sauropod dinosaur of the superfamily Diplodocoidea. It was found in the Rayoso Formation, in Patagonia, Argentina and lived about 99 million years ago . The type species is R...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Rinconsaurus Rinconsaurus Rinconsaurus is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a titanosaurid sauropod which lived in what is now Argentina. The type species, Rinconsaurus caudamirus, was described by Calvo and Riga in 2003, and is based on three partial skeletons.-Description:Like all sauropods,...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Riojasaurus Riojasaurus Riojasaurus was a herbivorous prosauropod dinosaur named after La Rioja Province in Argentina where it was found by José Bonaparte. It lived during the Late Triassic and grew to about long. Riojasaurus is the only known riojasaurid to live in South America.-Description:Riojasaurus had a heavy...	Triassic	herbivore	—
Rocasaurus Rocasaurus Rocasaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod that lived in South America about 80 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous. This genus grew up to 8 meters long, making it one of the smaller sauropods...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Saltasaurus Saltasaurus Saltasaurus is a genus of titanosaurid sauropod dinosaur of the Late Cretaceous Period. Relatively small among sauropods, though still massive by the standards of modern creatures, Saltasaurus was characterized by a diplodocid-like head...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Sanjuansaurus Sanjuansaurus Sanjuansaurus is a genus of herrerasaurid dinosaur from the Late Triassic-age Ischigualasto Formation of northwestern Argentina...	Triassic	carnivore	—
Santanaraptor Santanaraptor Santanaraptor is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Albian or Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous, about 108 million years ago. Known from a partial juvenile specimen recovered with mineralized soft tissue, which was unearthed in 1996 from the Santana Formation of...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Saturnalia Saturnalia (dinosaur) Saturnalia is an extinct genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Triassic of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.-Discovery:Saturnalia was originally named on the basis of three partial skeletons...	Triassic	herbivore	—
Sauropodus Sauropodus "Sauropodus" is the informal name given to an as yet undescribed genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a sauropod which lived in what is now Argentina. The type species was informally announced in 2001, but has not yet been formalized. Argentine paleontologist Edith Simon told...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Secernosaurus Secernosaurus Secernosaurus is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur. Secernosaurus was a hadrosaur, a "duck-billed" dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in Argentina....	Cretaceous	herbivore	First hadrosaur discovered from South America
Skorpiovenator Skorpiovenator Skorpiovenator is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period of Argentina.The type species, Skorpiovenator bustingorryi, is known from a single, nearly complete skeleton missing only most of the forelimbs and parts of the tail...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Spondylosoma Spondylosoma Spondylosoma is a genus of archosaur of uncertain affinities from the late Ladinian-age Middle Triassic Lower Santa Maria Formation in Geopark of Paleorrota, Brazil. Recent studies have gone back and forth on its identity, suggesting rauisuchian or basal saurischian dinosaur...	Triassic	carnivore	Possibly a rauisuchia Rauisuchia Rauisuchia is a group of predatory and mostly large Triassic archosaurs. As a clade, Rauisuchia includes these Triassic forms and all crocodylomorphs, which are descendants of Triassic rauisuchians. The group in its traditional sense is paraphyletic, because it does not include crocodylomorph... n rather than a dinosaur
Staurikosaurus Staurikosaurus Staurikosaurus is a genus of herrerasaurid dinosaur from the Late Triassic of Brazil.-Discovery:The first known specimen of Staurikosaurus was recovered from the Paleontological Site Jazigo Cinco of the Santa Maria Formation in the geopark of paleorrota , Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil...	Triassic	carnivore	—
Talenkauen Talenkauen Talenkauen is a genus of basal iguanodont dinosaur from the Maastrichtian-age Upper Cretaceous Pari Aike Formation of Lake Viedma, Santa Cruz, Argentina. It is based on MPM-10001, a partial articulated skeleton missing the rear part of the skull, the tail, and the hands...	Cretaceous	herbivore	iguanodont Iguanodont Iguanodonts were herbivorous dinosaurs that lived from the mid-Jurassic to Late Cretaceous. Some members include Camptosaurus, Callovosaurus, Iguanodon, Ouranosaurus, and the hadrosaurids or "duck-billed dinosaurs". Iguanodonts were one of the first groups of dinosaurs to be found...
Tapuiasaurus Tapuiasaurus Tapuiasaurus is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur. It is a nemegtosaurid titanosaur which lived during the Lower Cretaceous period in what is now Brazil. Its fossils, including a partial skeleton with a nearly complete skull, have been recovered from the Quiricó Formation at Minas Gerais,...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Tehuelchesaurus Tehuelchesaurus Tehuelchesaurus is a genus of dinosaur. It is named in honor of the Tehuelche people native to the Argentinian province of Chubut, where it was first found....	Jurassic	herbivore	—
Teyuwasu Teyuwasu Teyuwasu is a dubious genus of dinosaur from the Late Triassic. Named by Edio-Ernst Kischlat in 1999, little is currently known about this genus; the type species, T. barbarenai, was named from leg bones discovered in geopark of paleorrota, Brazil. The specific name honors Dr. Mário Costa...	Triassic	(unknown)	Dubious, see article
Traukutitan Traukutitan Traukutitan is a genus of possible lognkosaurian titanosaur sauropod which lived during the late Cretaceous .Fossils of Traukutitan were recovered from the lowermost section of the Bajo de la Carpa Formation in North Patagonia of Argentina and described but not named in 1993 by Leonardo Salgado...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Trigonosaurus Trigonosaurus Trigonosaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now Brazil. The type species, Trigonosaurus pricei, was first described by Campos, Kellner, Bertini, and Santucci in 2005. It is based on two specimens, both consisting mainly of vertebrae...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Tyrannotitan Tyrannotitan Tyrannotitan is a genus of huge bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the carcharodontosaurid family from the Aptian stage of the early Cretaceous period, discovered in Argentina. It is closely related to other giant predators like Giganotosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Uberabatitan Uberabatitan Uberabatitan is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. It is known from bones including neck, back, and tail vertebrae, pelvic bones, and limb bones...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Unaysaurus Unaysaurus Unaysaurus is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur, and is one of the oldest dinosaurs known. It was discovered in southern Brazil,in the geopark of paleorrota, in 1998, and announced in a press conference on Thursday, December 3, 2004...	Triassic	herbivore	—
Unenlagia Unenlagia Unenlagia is a genus of, possibly dromaeosaurid, theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina....	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Unquillosaurus Unquillosaurus Unquillosaurus is a genus of maniraptoran dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period, discovered in Argentina. Known only from a single fossilized pubis , its total body length may have reached 2-3 meters .The type species Unquillosaurus ceibalii was described by Jaime Eduardo Powell in 1979...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Velocisaurus Velocisaurus Velocisaurus is a genus of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous period of Argentina.In 1985 Oscar de Ferrariis and Zulma Gasparini uncovered fossils at Boca del Sapo in Neuquén province of Patagonia from layers of the Bajo de la Carpa Formation, dating from the Santonian. Among them...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Volkheimeria Volkheimeria Volkheimeria was a brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur. It lived during the Middle Jurassic, approximately 160 million years ago. Fossils of Volkheimeria have been found in Argentina. The type species, V. chubutensis, was described by José Bonaparte in 1979.-References:* at Dino Russ's Lair....	Jurassic	herbivore	—
Willinakaqe Willinakaqe Willinakaqe is an extinct genus of saurolophine hadrosaurid dinosaur which lived during the late Cretaceous of the Río Negro Province of southern Argentina....	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Xenotarsosaurus Xenotarsosaurus Xenotarsosaurus is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous of Argentina.In 1980 geologist Juan Carlos Sciutto discovered a rich fossil site six kilometres north of the Ocho Hermanos ranch in Chubut province. Among the fossils found there were some theropod...	Cretaceous	carnivore	—
Zapalasaurus Zapalasaurus Zapalasaurus is a genus of dinosaur described by Leonardo Salgado, Ismar de Souza Carvalho and Alberto C. Garrido, in 2006. The type species, Zapalasaurus bonapartei, was found in Neuquén Province, Argentina. It was a diplodocoid, a long-necked herbivore, and it lived during the Early Cretaceous...	Cretaceous	herbivore	—
Zupaysaurus Zupaysaurus Zupaysaurus is a genus of early theropod dinosaur living during the Rhaetian stage of the Late Triassic to Hettangian stage of the Early Jurassic of what is now Argentina. Although a full skeleton has not yet been discovered, Zupaysaurus can be considered a bipedal predator, up to 4 meters ...	Triassic	carnivore	—

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The creature must appear on the List of dinosaurs.
Fossils of the creature must have been found in South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

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