Petrobrasaurus

Petrobras lizard

• Petrobras · Portuguese (company name) · Brazilian energy company that supported the work
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Petrobrasaurus is a titanosaurian sauropod named after Petrobras, the Brazilian energy company whose Argentine subsidiary operated the Puesto Hernández oil field where the fossils were found, and which supported the excavation and research. The second part is the Greek word for lizard. The only named species, P. puestohernandezi, refers to the oil field itself.

Named by

Filippi, García and Garrido

Year named

2011

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stages

Coniacian – Santonian

Found in

Plottier Formation, Puesto Hernández oil field, Neuquén Province, Argentina

A valid titanosaur sauropod genus; type species P. puestohernandezi. The exact stage range is given from memory and should be verified.