Overosaurus

Overo lizard

• Overo · Spanish (place name) · from Cerro Overo, the hill near the fossil site (overo is a Spanish word for a piebald or pinto horse)
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Overosaurus is a small titanosaur sauropod from Patagonia. The first part of the name refers to Cerro Overo, the hill near where the fossils were found. The second part is the Greek word for "lizard". The only species, O. paradasorum, honours the Paradas family, who owned the land where the skeleton was found.

Named by

Coria et al.

Year named

2013

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Anacleto Formation, near Auca Mahuevo, Neuquén Province, Argentina

A titanosaurian sauropod (a lithostrotian). The etymology of the first part, the link to Cerro Overo, is given from memory, so treat it with moderate confidence.