In Depth
One of the many Cretaceous era South American titanosaurian sauropods, Argyrosaurus was also one of the first to be named. The holotype of Argyrosaurus is based upon a left forelimb with further post cranial remains being added to the genus later. However in at least one instance some of these additional fossils have been re-evaluated as being distinctly different, and in this case were split from Argyrosaurus.
Other dinosaurs active in South America during the Turonian period include other sauropods as well as theropods such as the abelisaur Ilokesia and the coelurosaur Bicentenaria.
Further Reading
– Contributions to a knowledge of the fossil vertebrates of Argentina. - R. Lydekker – 1893. – A reappraisal of the Late Cretaceous Argentinean sauropod dinosaur Argyrosaurus superbus, with a description of a new titanosaur genus – Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (3): 614–618 – P. D. Mannion & A. Otero – 2012.
