In Depth
Epachthosaurus is a genus of basal titanosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. This is significant because much more advanced titanosaurs were living in South America at this time, which in itself suggests that Epachthosaurus was a late surviving form. One individual of Epachthosaurus (UNPSJB-PV 920) is represented by an almost complete skeleton lacking only the skull and some of the vertebrae, and is recognised as one of the most complete individual titanosaurifom skeletons so far discovered.
Epachthosaurus seems to have been quite small for its type of dinosaur, and living in South America during the late Cretaceous, it may have been preyed upon by abelisaurs, and perhaps even carcharodontosaurs.
Further Reading
- Epachthosaurus sciuttoi (gen. et sp. nov.), un dinosaurio sauropodo del Cret�cico de Patagonia (Provincia de Chubut, Argentina) [Epachthosaurus sciuttoi (gen. et sp. nov.), a sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Patagonia (Chubut province, Argentina)]. - Actas del V Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia, Tucum�n, Argentina 1:123-128 - J. E. Powell - 1990.
