Chucarosaurus

wild lizard

• chúcaro · Spanish (South American, from Quechua) · wild, untamed
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines the South American Spanish word "chúcaro" (of Quechua origin), meaning wild or untamed, with the Greek "sauros" for lizard. It gives roughly "wild lizard". The name refers to a giant titanosaur sauropod from Patagonia, Argentina.

Named by

Agnolin et al.

Year named

2017

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stages

Turonian – Coniacian

Found in

Río Colorado Formation, Río Negro Province, Patagonia, Argentina

A large titanosaur sauropod; the type species is Chucarosaurus diripienda. Authorship, year and the exact etymology are given from memory and may need checking against the original description.