Cretaceous
Bonitasaura
Bonitasaura salgadoi
The catalogue presents Bonitasaura as a herbivore member of Titanosauridae that lived during the Cretaceous, between 85 Ma. Its estimated range is 10.0 m in length and 6 t in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Rio Negro, Argentina. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Bonitasaura, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Apesteguía (2004).
The PBDB places it in Eutitanosauria, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Titanosauridae.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Titanosauridae
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range is the Santonian.
The PBDB catalogues 1 occurrence, with material from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (1). Provenance: Argentina.
The catalogue records the holotype as MPCA 460 and the type locality as “Rio Negro, Argentina”.
- MPCA 460
- Rio Negro, Argentina
The catalogue's reference measurements are 10.0 m in length and 6 t in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 10.0 m
- 6 tons
The record gathers 12 bibliographic references registered in the PBDB, listed below.
Where it lived
Fossil occurrences on today’s map and in the tectonic reconstruction.
Positions reconstructed by PBDB/GPlates, not observed; this is not an exact habitat map.
Artistic 3D reconstruction
There is no approved species-specific 3D model yet. Generic anatomy will not be presented as if it were evidence.
Physical Specifications
- Length
- 10.0 m
- Weight
- 6 t
- Period
- Cretaceous
- Time range
- 85 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 2004
- Described by
- Sebastian Apesteguia
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Saurischia
- Family
- Titanosauridae
- Genus
- Bonitasaura
- Species
- B. salgadoi
Data status
Taxonomic name matched to PBDB and checked on 2026-08-08.
Taxonomic linkage does not automatically validate size, mass, behaviour or appearance.
- Type specimen
- MPCA 460
- Type locality
- Rio Negro, Argentina