Very HardSaltasaurus
Saltasaurus loricatus
SALT-ah-SORE-us· “Salta lizard”
🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Saltasauridae
12 m
Length
3 m
Height
7 t
Weight
A comparatively small sauropod that carried its own body armour — bony plates set into its skin — proving that even long-necked giants could be armoured.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~70 million years ago
Found in
Argentina
Discovered
José Bonaparte, 1980
Did you know?
- It had bony armour plates embedded in its skin.
- It surprised scientists, who didn't expect armoured sauropods.
- It nested together in large breeding colonies.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.