Neuquensaurus

Say it nayoo-ken-sore-us. The name means ‘Neuquén (River) lizard’.

Neuquensaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of sauropods

Length: 15 m
Diet: Plant-eater
When: Late Cretaceous71 to 66 million years ago
Fossils found in: Argentina
Named by: Lydekker (1893)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Sauropoda › Macronaria › Titanosauriformes › Titanosauria › Lithostrotia › Saltasauridae

Where Neuquensaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Sauropods. Long-necked, four-legged plant-eaters, the biggest animals ever to walk on land. See all 59

Lived at the same time

Noasaurus · same country
Secernosaurus · same country
Saltasaurus · same country
Abelisaurus · same country
Dreadnoughtus · same country
Puertasaurus · same country
Aucasaurus · same country
Gasparinisaura · same country

Other sauropods

Ampelosaurus Late Cretaceous
Isisaurus Late Cretaceous
Magyarosaurus Late Cretaceous
Alamosaurus Late Cretaceous
Nemegtosaurus Late Cretaceous
Opisthocoelicaudia Late Cretaceous
Saltasaurus Late Cretaceous
Dreadnoughtus Late Cretaceous

Source: Neuquensaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.