Panamericansaurus
pan-ah-MER-ih-kan-SORE-us /ˌpænəˌmɛrɪkənˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Pan American lizard
- Panamerican · English/Spanish · Pan American (after Pan American Energy)
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name honours Pan American Energy, the oil company that supported the fieldwork and research that led to the discovery. It combines "Pan American" with the Greek word for lizard. The only named species is Panamericansaurus schroederi. It is a titanosaurian sauropod, a long-necked plant-eater from Patagonia.
- Named by
- Calvo and Porfiri
- Year named
- 2010
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stages
- Campanian – Maastrichtian
- Found in
- Allen Formation, Patagonia, Argentina
Titanosaurian sauropod. The age range and exact locality are given from memory and should be checked against the original description.