Dinosaurs · Sauropod

Saltasaurus

Say it salt-a-sore-us. The name means ‘Salta lizard’.

Saltasaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of sauropods
Length
12 m
Diet
Plant-eater
When
Late Cretaceous70 to 66 million years ago
Fossils found in
Argentina
Named by
Bonaparte and Powell (1980)
Family tree
Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Sauropoda › Macronaria › Titanosauriformes › Titanosauria › Lithostrotia › Saltasauridae
TriassicJurassicCretaceousSaltasaurus252 Ma66 Ma
Where Saltasaurus 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

Other sauropods

Source: Saltasaurus 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.