List of South American dinosaurs

This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from South America.

List of South American Dinosaurs
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Abelisaurus.
Aerosteon.
Amargasaurus.
Antarctosaurus.
Austroraptor.
Argentinosaurus.
Brachytrachelopan.
Carnotaurus.
Dreadnoughtus.
Eoraptor.
Futalognkosaurus.
Giganotosaurus.
Herrerasaurus.
Irritator.
Leonerasaurus.
Mapusaurus.
Oxalaia
Piatnitzkysaurus.
Quilmesaurus.
Rinconsaurus.
Riojasaurus.
Saltasaurus.
Skorpiovenator.
Staurikosaurus.
Tyrannotitan.
Unenlagia.
Velocisaurus.
Zupaysaurus.
NamePeriodDiet[1]CountryNotes
AbelisaurusCretaceous       carnivoreArgentinaKnown only from a single skull.
AchillesaurusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaMay be the same as Alvarezsaurus.
AdamantisaurusCretaceousherbivoreBrazilA titanosaur.
AdeopapposaurusJurassicherbivoreArgentinaShows that some "prosauropods" may have had keratinous beaks.
AeolosaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaFound in Argentina.
AerosteonCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA megaraptoran with hollow, bird-like bones.
AgustiniaCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaOnce thought to have spikes on its back.
AlnashetriCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaAn alvarezsauroid.
AlvarezsaurusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA strange, bird-like dinosaur.
AmargasaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA sauropod with backward-pointing spines on its neck.
AmargatitanisCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA dicraeosaurid formerly thought to be a titanosaur.
AmazonsaurusCretaceousherbivoreBrazilA rebbachisaur.
AmygdalodonJurassicherbivoreArgentinaOne of the few Middle Jurassic sauropods from South America.
AnabisetiaCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaAn iguanodont; a member of Elasmaria.
AndesaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA basal titanosaur.
AngaturamaCretaceouscarnivoreBrazilA spinosaurine. Possibly synonymous with Irritator.
AniksosaurusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaPossibly a compsognathid.
AntarctosaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaMay include one of the largest dinosaurs.
AoniraptorCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaDifferent from Gualicho.
AratasaurusCretaceouscarnivoreBrazilA basal coelurosaurian.
ArgentinosaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaPossibly one of the largest known dinosaurs.
ArgyrosaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA titanosaur.
AsfaltovenatorCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA basal allosaurid.
AtacamatitanCretaceousherbivoreChileA sauropod.
AucasaurusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaThe most completely-known abelisaur.
AustrocheirusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaPossibly an abelisaur.
AustroraptorCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA fish-hunting dromaeosaur with a long snout and short arms.
BajadasaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA dicraeosaurid.
BarrosasaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA titanosaur.
BaurutitanCretaceousherbivoreBrazilA lithostrotian titanosaur.
"Bayosaurus"CretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaNomen nudum
BicentenariaCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA basal coelurosaur.
BonapartenykusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA large alvarezsaurid found in association with its eggs.
BonapartesaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaa hadrosaur.
BonatitanCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA titanosaur.
BonitasauraCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaOne of the few titanosaurs from which skull material is known.
BrachytrachelopanJurassicherbivoreArgentinaA sauropod with a comparatively short neck.
BrasilotitanCretaceousherbivoreBrazilA sauropod.
BravasaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA aeolosaurin titanosaur.
BuitreraptorCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA unenlagiine dromaeosaurid.
CampylodoniscusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaKnown only from teeth.
CarnotaurusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA theropod with short arms and two horns on top of its head.
CathartesauraCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaNamed after the turkey vulture, Cathartes aura
ChilesaurusJurassicherbivoreChileShows characteristics of all major donosaur groups.
ChromogisaurusTriassicunknownArgentinaA basal sauropodomorph.
ChubutisaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA basal titanosauriform.
ClasmodosaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaKnown only from teeth.
ColoradisaurusTriassicherbivoreArgentinaOriginally called "Coloradia".
ComahuesaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA rebbachisaur.
CondorraptorJurassiccarnivoreArgentinaA cousin of Piatnitzkysaurus.
DreadnoughtusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaOne of the more completely known titanosaurs.
DrusilasauraCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA member of the group Lognkosauria.
EkrixinatosaurusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaIts discovery helped fill in gaps in the knowledge of abelisaurs.
ElaltitanCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA titanosaur.
EoabelisaurusJurassiccarnivoreArgentinaDespite the name, it may be a primitive ceratosaur.
EodromaeusTriassiccarnivoreArgentinaSometimes cited as the "Eve" of the dinosaurs.
EoraptorTriassicomnivoreArgentinaThought to be one of the earliest known dinosaurs. Nyasasaurus from Africa may be older.
EpachthosaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA titanosaur.
FutalognkosaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA very large titanosaur.
GasparinisauraCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaAn iguanodont; a member of elasmarian.
GenyodectesCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA ceratosaur.
GiganotosaurusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaOne of the largest terrestrial carnivorous dinosaurs.
GnathovoraxTriassicCarnivoreBrazilA basal Saurischian (Herrerasauridae) found in Brazil.
GondwanatitanCretaceousherbivoreBrazilNamed after the ancient continent of Gondwana.
GuaibasaurusTriassiccarnivoreBrazilEither a basal theropod or sauropodomorph.
GualichoCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaShows tyrannosaurid-like short two-fingered arms; though it probably isn't tyrannosaurid.
HerrerasaurusTriassiccarnivoreArgentinaOne of the oldest known dinosaurs.
HuinculsaurusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA elaphrosaurine ceratosaur.
IlokelesiaCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaAn abelisaur.
IrritatorCretaceouscarnivoreBrazilMay not be synonymous with Angaturama.
IsaberrysauraJurassicherbivoreArgentinaAn ornithischian, possibly a stegosaur.
IsasicursorCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA elasmarian ornitopod.
ItapeuasaurusCretaceousherbivoreBrazilA Brazilian sauropod.
KatepensaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA rebbachisaurid sauropod.
LajasvenatorCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaPossibly the smallest known allosauroid.
LapampasaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaOne of the few South American hadrosaurs.
LaplatasaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA titanosaur.
LaquintasauraJurassicherbivoreVenezuelaProbably a thyreophoran.
LeinkupalCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaOne of the latest surviving diplodocid sauropods.
LeonerasaurusTriassic or JurassicherbivoreArgentinaA basal sauropodomorph.
LessemsaurusTriassicherbivoreArgentinaIts relatives are among the earliest known large sauropods.
LeyesaurusJurassicherbivoreArgentinaA basal sauropodomorph.
LigabueinoCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA noasaur.
LigabuesaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA sauropod.
LimaysaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA rebbachisaurid sauropod.
LoncosaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaProbably an ornithopod.
MacrogryphosaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaAn iguanodont; a member of Elasmaria.
MalarguesaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA sauropod.
ManidensJurassicomnivoreArgentinaA heterodontosaur.
MapusaurusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentina & possibly ChileA carcharodontosaurid that may have hunted in packs.
MaxakalisaurusCretaceousherbivoreBrazilA sauropod.
MegaraptorCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaOriginally thought to be a giant dromaeosaur.
MendozasaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA titanosaur.
MirischiaCretaceouscarnivoreBrazilA compsognathid.
MicrocoelusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaMay be synonymous with Neuquensaurus.
MussaurusTriassicherbivoreArgentinaA basal sauropodomorph formerly known from only juvenile remains.
MuyelensaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA titanosaur.
NarambuenatitanCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA recently discovered titanosaur.
NeuquenraptorCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaProbably synonymous with Unenlagia.
NeuquensaurusCretaceousherbivoreUruguay & ArgentinaA close relative of Saltasaurus.
NieblaCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA abelisaur.
NoasaurusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA small ceratosaur with a light build.
NopcsaspondylusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaIts only fossil, a vertebra, has been lost.
NotoceratopsCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaKnown from an incomplete jaw that represents the only South American ceratopsian.
NotocolossusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA large, recently discovered titanosaur.
NotohypsilophodonCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaAn iguanodont; a member of Elasmaria.
NullotitanCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA titanosaur.
OrkoraptorCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA megaraptoran originally thought to be a compsognathid.
OverosaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA relatively small titanosaur.
PadillasaurusCretaceousherbivoreColombiaFirst and so far only dinosaur to be described in Colombia.
PampadromaeusTriassicherbivoreBrazilA basal sauropodomorph.
PamparaptorCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA small dromaeosaurid.
PanamericansaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaNamed after the Pan American Energy Company.
PanphagiaTriassicomnivoreArgentinaPossibly omnivorous.
PatagonykusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaAn alvarezsaur.
PatagosaurusJurassicherbivoreArgentinaA close relative of Cetiosaurus.
PellegrinisaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA titanosaur.
PetrobrasaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA titanosaur.
PiatnitzkysaurusJurassiccarnivoreArgentinaA megalosauroid theropod.
PitekunsaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA titanosaur.
PuertasaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA large titanosaur.
PunatitanCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA aeolosaurin titanosaur.
PycnonemosaurusCretaceouscarnivoreBrazilPossibly the largest abelisaur.
QuetecsaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA titanosaur.
QuilmesaurusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaConsidered a nomen vanum by some.
RayososaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA close relative of Rebbachisaurus.
RinconsaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA titanosaur belonging to the Rinconsauria.
RiojasaurusherbivoreArgentinaOne of the first large sauropodomorphs.
RocasaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA close relative of Saltasaurus.
SaltasaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA titanosaur known to possess osteoderms.
SanjuansaurusTriassiccarnivoreArgentinaA herrerasaurid saurischian.
SantanaraptorCretaceouscarnivoreBrazilMuscle tissue was found on the holotype specimen.
SarmientosaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaKnown from a well-preserved skull.
SaturnaliaTriassicherbivoreBrazil & ZimbabweA basal sauropodomorph.
SecernosaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaFirst hadrosaur discovered from South America
SkorpiovenatorCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaAn abelisaur.
Spinosaurus Cretaceous carnivore Brazil Oxalaia is a synonym of Spinosaurus.
StaurikosaurusTriassiccarnivoreBrazilPossibly one of the oldest dinosaurs.
TalenkauenCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaAn iguanodont; a member of Elasmaria.
TapuiasaurusCretaceousherbivoreBrazilA titanosaur.
TehuelchesaurusJurassicherbivoreArgentinaA basal macronarian.
ThanosCretaceouscarnivoreBrazilNamed after the Marvel Comics villain Thanos.
TralkasaurusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaAn abelisaurid of medium size.
TraukutitanCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA titanosaur.
TrigonosaurusCretaceousherbivoreBrazilA titanosaur.
TyrannotitanCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA large carcharodontosaurid.
UberabatitanCretaceousherbivoreBrazilA titanosaur.
UbirajaraCretaceousCarnivoreBrazilA compsognathid with unusual display structures, named from a fossil illegally exported from Brazil.
UnaysaurusTriassicherbivoreBrazilA basal sauropodomorph.
UnenlagiaCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA very bird-like dromaeosaurid.
UnquillosaurusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaPossibly a relative of Unenlagia.
VelocisaurusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaA noasaur, not to be confused with Velociraptor.
VespersaurusCretaceouscarnivoreBrazilNamed after the city Vésper in the state of Paraná, where it was found. First dinosaur to be found in this state
VolkheimeriaJurassicherbivoreArgentinaA sauropod.
WillinakaqeCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaProbably a chimaera.
XenotarsosaurusCretaceouscarnivoreArgentinaAn abelisaur.
YamanasaurusCretaceousherbivoreEcuadorFirst dinosaur to be found in Ecuador.
ZapalasaurusCretaceousherbivoreArgentinaA rebbachisaurid sauropod.
ZupaysaurusTriassiccarnivoreArgentinaA basal theropod.

Timeline

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.

MesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceousSaltasaurusBaurutitanAustroraptorCarnotaurusAbelisaurusGasparinisauraPycnonemosaurusDreadnoughtusSecernosaurusQuilmesaurusAustroposeidonPuertasaurusThanos simonattoiMahuidacursorAlvarezsaurusNeuquensaurusOverosaurusViavenatorVelocisaurusAchillesaurusMalarguesaurusMacrogryphosaurusAnabisetiaOrkoraptorAlnashetriEkrixinatosaurusGualicho shinyaeLimaysaurusAndesaurusBicentenariaBuitreraptorMapusaurusSkorpiovenatorArgentinosaurusGiganotosaurusPatagotitanOxalaiaSantanaraptorMirischiaIrritatorTyrannotitanAmazonsaurusGenyodectesAmargasaurusZapalasaurusLigabueinoPadillasaurusLeinkupalBajadasaurusChilesaurusTehuelchesaurusPandoravenatorIsaberrysauraEoabelisaurusCondorraptorManidensPatagosaurusPiatnitzkysaurusLeonerasaurusAmygdalodonTachiraptorLeyesaurusAdeopapposaurusLaquintasauraLucianovenatorZupaysaurusColoradisaurusGuaibasaurusUnaysaurusLessemsaurusStaurikosaurusChromogisaurusSanjuansaurusPanphagiaEoraptorEodromaeusHerrerasaurusBuriolestesMesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceous

Criteria for inclusion
  • The creature must appear on the List of dinosaur genera
  • Fossils of the creature must have been found in South America
  • This list is a complement to Category:Dinosaurs of South America

See also

References
  1. Diet is sometimes hard to determine for dinosaurs and should be considered a "best guess"
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