Tehuelchesaurus

Tehuelche lizard

• Tehuelche · Tehuelche (people's name) · the Tehuelche, an Indigenous people of Patagonia
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines "Tehuelche", the Indigenous people of Patagonia, with the Greek word for lizard. It honours the people of the region in southern Argentina where the fossils were found. The only named species, T. benitezii, is named after the man who found the fossil site.

Named by

Rich et al.

Year named

1999

Period

Late Jurassic

Found in

Cañadón Calcáreo Formation, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina

A sauropod, usually regarded as a basal eusauropod. Its exact relationships have been debated. The age of the formation is not tightly constrained, so no stage is given here.